Lunch

Italian Rice Salad is for Lunch.

Italian Rice Salad takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Italian Rice Salad takes several minutes to cook.

Italian Rice Salad makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Italian Rice Salad are:

1 cup long grain white rice, cooked & left to cool
2 artichoke hearts, roughly chopped
7 oz can of tuna packed in water
1/3 cup frozen peas, cooked & cooled
1 large tomato, diced small
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, cubed
1/4 green bell pepper, diced
3 mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons pine nuts, lightly toasted
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
4 tablespoons EVO
1.5 tablespoons lemon juice
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper

Mix together rice, artichoke hearts, tuna, peas, tomato, cheese, bell pepper, mushrooms, pine nuts, and parsely in a bowl.

Mix together the oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt & pepper (or shake in a tight fitting jar). Pour dressing over the rice mixture and combine thoroughly.

It's easy to adapt this recipe to vegetarian by omitting the tuna and adding olives, sun dried tomatoes, capers, etc.

Here is how you make Italian Rice Salad:

Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HERESTOCOUGARS.

The nutritional information for Italian Rice Salad is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 227.2

• Total Fat: 14.0 g
• Cholesterol: 15.4 mg
• Sodium: 204.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 13.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
• Protein: 13.0 g

Italian Rice Salad is Italian cuisine.

The dietary needs meet for Italian Rice Salad is Gluten Free