Rainbow Salad

Name: Rainbow Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 6-8
Ingredients: 3 Cups Cooked brown rice; 15 Ounce Can Kidney beans, drained and rinsed; 15 Ounce Can Garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed; 15 Ounce Can Black beans, drained and rinsed; 1 Cup Frozen corn kernels, thawed; 1 Cup Frozen peas, thawed; 1/4 Cup Red onion, chopped; 1/4 Cup Pimientos, chopped; 2 Tbsp Black olives, chopped; 2 Tbsp Fresh cilantro, chopped; 3/4 Cup Oil-free Honey Mustard Salad Dressing; 1 Tbsp Soy sauce (optional); 1/2 Tsp Tabasco Sauce

By Mary McDougall
This salad is also wonderful to take to a picnic. It keeps well in a cooler and everyone loves it!

Serves: 6-8

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 0 min

Ingredients

3 Cups Cooked brown rice

15 Ounce Can Kidney beans, drained and rinsed

15 Ounce Can Garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

15 Ounce Can Black beans, drained and rinsed

1 Cup Frozen corn kernels, thawed

1 Cup Frozen peas, thawed

1/4 Cup Red onion, chopped

1/4 Cup Pimientos, chopped

2 Tbsp Black olives, chopped

2 Tbsp Fresh cilantro, chopped

3/4 Cup Oil-free Honey Mustard Salad Dressing

1 Tbsp Soy sauce (optional)

1/2 Tsp Tabasco Sauce

Directions

1 Place the rice and beans in a large bowl and combine. Add the corn, peas, onion, pimiento, olives and cilantro. Toss well to mix. Combine the Honey Mustard Salad Dressing (recipe in Dressings & Sauces), soy sauce and Tabasco in a mixing cup and whisk until smooth. Pour over the salad and mix well. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

Hint: Many varieties of oil-free salad dressings are available in supermarkets and natural food stores. It is also very simple to make your own salad dressings. Feel free to use whichever dressing you like in this recipe. Taste salad after it has been refrigerated for an hour or so and adjust seasonings as necessary. Use reduced sodium soy sauce if you prefer.

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