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I have named this salad ''Not-So-Wild!'' Rice because I did not managed to find the wild rice which originally meant for this recipe. However, I've substituted bio Brown Rice instead :) So for a creative tang, thus its name!

INGREDIENTS
1 cup long grain Basmati rice
1 cup ''Not-So-Wild'' rice (that's BIO Brown Rice)
2.5 cups chicken broth
6 green onions, diced
1 medium red onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 red capsicum (bell pepper), diced
2 cups thawed frozen peas
1 packet cashew nuts
1 packet dried cranberries
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon sugar
2 Tbsp sesame oil.
small wedge of lime juice (1 teaspoon)

Steps:-
1. Put the chicken broth in a medium sized saucepan. Add the rice and brown rice, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover. Let cook for 25 minutes. Remove from heat. Cool completely.

2. Whisk together the olive oil, red wine vinegar, sugar, lime juice and sesame oil.

3. In a large bowl gently mix together the cooled cooked rice, diced capsicum, garlic, green onions, peas, dried cranberries, cashew nuts, and dressing. Add salt and pepper to taste if desired.

4. Chill completely before serving.

Enjoy!

Take 200ml Greek yoghurt and mix in crushed garlic, pinch caster sugar, pinch paprika, salt and pepper and finely chopped fresh mint. Pour over finely chopped or grated cucumber.

Originally uploaded by nibblekibble

The ingredients in this Wild Rice Salad:-
broccoli, roasted almonds, dried apricots, cranberries, wild rice, red pepper, scallions

rice vinegar, olive oil, toasted cumin, coriander, salt & black pepper for dressing


This video recipe is another version:-

Originally uploaded by zannnielim

Tried these salad next to a 'Quick' Supreme burger during our trip to Brussels. The produce in their salad is very fresh! No wonder as I found from their website that the quality of their salads are prepared with such pride: "Our salads are made every morning in each restaurant with fresh ingredients. The mixture of salads we use varies in accordance with the seasons and the harvests. They are sourced from producers that do not use chemical products to disinfect the soil." -QUICK Restaurant

A spicy salsa salad mixed of Black-eyed Peas and Black Beans all marinated in a flavourful, fiery mixture. Great with Tortilla Chips or simply bread. The best drinks to go with this Texas food is none other than the cold ice tea ;)



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 Yusheng, 鱼生 yúshēng or lo hei 捞起 is a Teochew-style raw fish salad. It consists of strips of raw fish (eg salmon), mixed with shredded vegetables and a variety of sauces and condiments, among other ingredients. Yusheng literally means "raw fish" but since "fish (鱼)" is commonly conflated with its homophone "abundance (余)", Yúshēng (鱼生) is interpreted as a homophone for Yúshēng (余升) meaning an increase in abundance. Therefore, yusheng is considered a symbol of abundance, prosperity and vigor.

The contemporary version is created and popularised in Singapore in the 1960s amongst the ethnic Chinese community and its consumption has been associated with Chinese New Year festivities in Singapore.

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Time ago I made a salad and I called it the 'T.O.C' Salad. It was just because it was made from tomatoes, onions and cucumber. Originally, it is a Bulgarian salad and has to be with Feta Cheese. Today, this salad is also made with the same ingredients and it is the Croatian Shopska salad. I guess the shape of the goat cheese grated in this manner by the Croatians differs it from the Bulgarian (usually in cubes or crumbled). We had this Croatian Shopska in Zagreb before our trip to Plitvice Lakes.

Originally uploaded by zannnielim
Although it tastes very much like the bulgarian or croatian 'Shopska' Salad, but due to the fact that it is without goat cheese on it, my husband Zsolt forbade me to say it is a 'Shopska' :)

So as simple as it gets, I named it 'T.O.C' cos you know why? Its ingredients are just the tomatoes, onions and cucumber :) Taking the initials of these three main ingredients, hence its name. Hope you'll like it.

(On top of it, I've added blanched cauliflower, capsicum and sprigs of fresh Oregano which I've harvested this morning)

So my T.O.C Salad Recipe as follows:-

Ingredients (serves 2)
For the salad:
2 medium size tomatoes (cut into wedges)
8 Cherry tomatoes (cut into halves)
1 large Red Onion
One medium Cucumber (cut to bite-sized)
1/2 red california pepper (capsicum, diced it)
100g of Blanched Cauliflower (Blanching*)
A bunch of parsley, chopped (I've substituted with Oregano)
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp Coriander powder
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:-