What better way to use rice than as a base in a salad? I often cook rice and too much of it too. It is easy to use the left over rice the following day by mixing in some greens and adding a dressing. This is also ideal for the lunch box as it need no heating!

An example of rice salad is:

Left over rice added

• 1 – 1 1/2 cup cold cooked rice (basically whatever you have left)
• 1 cup of edamame beans (can be purchased frozen..no heating needed)
• 2 avocadoes
• 1 block of feta cheese
• 10-15 finely choppede radishes (I had some in the fridge left over from another meal cooked the other day)
• 1/2 red onion finely diced
• juice from 1/2 lemon, 1/2 cup of olive oil, 1/2 tsp. cumin, 1 clove of garlic finely chopped, salt and pepper

But really – you can use anything you like, spring onions finely chopped, tomatoes, cucumbers, finely chopped capsicum, broccoli, cauliflower…