Vegetarian Basmati Rice Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups cooked basmati rice, cooled
• 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium yellow bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup chopped fresh spinach, well washed
• 1 cup grated carrot
• 1 cup fresh peas (or frozen petit peas, defrosted)
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1 (2 ounce) envelope cream of spinach soup mix (knorr)

Recipe

• 1 put cooled rice in a large bowl; add the next 7 ingredients.
• 2 in another bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, and soup mix together until well blended.
• 3 pour half of the dressing over the rice and vegetables; stirring to coat the ingredients.
• 4 cover the bowl tightly and refrigerate both the salad and remaining dressing at least 2 hours.
• 5 when ready to serve, add more dressing as needed.