Italian Rice Salad
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 227.2
- Total Fat: 14.0 g
- Cholesterol: 15.4 mg
- Sodium: 204.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 13.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 13.0 g
View full nutritional breakdown of Italian Rice Salad calories by ingredient
Introduction
This recipe is from a medierrasian cookbook. It is a lot of chopping, but very tasty and filling. This recipe is from a medierrasian cookbook. It is a lot of chopping, but very tasty and filling.Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
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1 cup long grain white rice, cooked & left to cool
2 artichoke hearts, roughly chopped
7 oz can of tuna packed in water
1/3 cup frozen peas, cooked & cooled
1 large tomato, diced small
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, cubed
1/4 green bell pepper, diced
3 mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
4 tablespoons EVO
1.5 tablespoons lemon juice
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
Mix together rice, artichoke hearts, tuna, peas, tomato, cheese, bell pepper, mushrooms, pine nuts, and parsely in a bowl.
Mix together the oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt & pepper (or shake in a tight fitting jar). Pour dressing over the rice mixture and combine thoroughly.
It's easy to adapt this recipe to vegetarian by omitting the tuna and adding olives, sun dried tomatoes, capers, etc.
Directions
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HERESTOCOUGARS.