Brown Rice Salad with Crunchy Sprouts and Seeds

Name: Brown Rice Salad with Crunchy Sprouts and Seeds
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters coarsely chopped roasted unsalted almonds; 8 servings Freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters cooked brown rice; 237 milliliters (packed) chopped fresh chives; 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more; 355 milliliters mixed dried sprouted legumes (such as mung beans and lentils); 2 Tbsps (or more) fresh lemon juice; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 79 milliliters toasted salted shelled pumpkin seeds (pepitas); 2 scallions, thinly sliced; 79 milliliters toasted salted sunflower seeds; 355 milliliters grated zucchini, lightly squeezed to remove liquid

Brown Rice Salad with Crunchy Sprouts and Seeds might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegan recipe has 349 calories, 13g of protein, and 21g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, sunflower seeds, brown rice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sunflower seeds you could follow this main course with the eggless banana bread , how to make vegan banana bread as a dessert.

Instructions

Purée chives, oil, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and1 teaspoon salt in a food processor until smooth.Strain chive vinaigrette through a fine-meshsieve into a small bowl.

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Cook dried sprouted legumes in a largepot of lightly salted boiling water until justtender, about 5 minutes. Cover pot; removefrom heat.

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Let stand for 3 minutes; drain.Rinse legumes under cold water to cool;drain.

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Transfer to a large bowl. DO AHEAD:Vinaigrette and legumes can be made 1 dayahead. Cover separately; chill.

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Add zucchini, rice, scallions, seeds, nuts,and chive vinaigrette to bowl with legumes;toss to combine. Season to taste with salt,pepper, and more lemon juice, if desired.

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