Red Rice Salad with Halloumi, Honey & Mint

Red rice is perfect for creating a healthy rice salad, whether it’s to serve on it’s own or alongside your choice of grilled meats and fish. This wholegrain rice, Rustico Rosso is a long grain rice from Riso Gallo and forms part of their Rustico range. With a distinct nuttiness, good bite and its unmistakeable red colour, it’s perfect for using as a base for salads and dressings and adding into the mix flavours to complement the grain.

I decided to combine it with some fresh, summer inspired flavours so that this salad could be served up on its own but it also wouldn’t be out of place at a BBQ!

I recommend serving it with some grilled chicken, prawns or chorizo sausages cooked together on the grill with some tomatoes - if you’re barbecuing just put a load of cherry tomatoes on a skewer and serve on the side - their sweet juices will complement all the other flavours beautifully.

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Red Rice Salad with Halloumi, Honey & Mint

Servings: 4 as a side

Recipe by: Cooking & Carafes

Prep time: 5 MinCooking time: 20 MinTotal time: 25 Min

Serve this salad up as an accompaniment to a BBQ or on its own

Ingredients

• 200g Rustico Rosso Red Rice from Riso Gallo
• 50ml Olive Oil 
• 1/2 lemon, juice and zest 
• 2 tsps honey 
• Small bunch of mint, leaves finely chopped 
• 225g Halloumi, sliced 

Instructions

1. Cook the red rice in boiling water for 20 minutes
2. While the rice is cooking, in a bowl mix together your olive oil, honey and lemon.
3. Chop your mint
4. Once the rice is cooked, drain and add to a bowl.
5. Pour the dressing over the rice, add the mint and lemon zest, stir together. - You can always save some dressing drizzle over the halloumi too. 
6. Heat a frying pan or fire up the BBQ and cook your halloumi for 2-3 minutes either side until nicely browned. 
7. Serve up with a selection of grilled meats or fish. 

Nutrition Facts

Calories

337.68

Fat (grams)

24.42

Sat. Fat (grams)

9.06

Carbs (grams)

16.16

Fibre (grams)

1.11

Net carbs

15.05

Sugar (grams)

3.48

Protein (grams)

13.74

Sodium (milligrams)

354.56

Cholesterol (grams)

44.44

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This recipe is from one of my Cook Alongs and is part of a paid sponsorship with Riso Gallo.

The Rustico Range from Riso Gallo includes wholegrain rices including a semi-wholegrain Carnaroli risotto rice. Due to the high fibre content they are a great healthy choice and are perfect for creating tasty salads or stews depending on the season. The rices are all parboiled to reduce the cooking time for you at home, making it even easier to make a healthier choice!

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