Minty summer rice salad

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1. Drop the rice into a pan of boiling salted water and cook for 10 minutes. Toss in the asparagus and cook for a further 3-4 minutes until the rice is completely cooked and the asparagus is only slightly crunchy. Drain into a sieve and hold under the cold tap until cool.
2. When the rice is cold, stir in the red pepper, oil, lemon zest and juice, mozzarella and mint leaves. Season well.

Give it a twist

Use feta or halloumi instead of mozzarella and stir through a handful of pitted black olives. Try green beans instead of asparagus.

506 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 58g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 1g, salt 0.98 g

'This was easy, versatile and tasted gorgeous - once I started eating it I couldn't stop. Next time I might try tossing it with an egg in a wok to make fried rice.'

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• lorraine

  17 May 2009

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  I tried this for a family party as an alternative to the traditional and rather boring salad that i normally do. It went down a treat and everyone said it was really nice. I'm not too sure about the asparagus so am going to try it with the green beans next time.Very easy to do and should be even better next time now that i have watched the video on how to cook rice and know that i should pre-rinse the rice...

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Ingredients

• 250g long grain rice
• 250g bunch asparagus , cut in bite-size pieces
• 1 red pepper , seeded and chopped
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• garted zest and juice 1 lemon
• 2 x 125g packs mini mozzarella , halved (or 2 x 125g balls mozzarella, chopped)
• 1 large bunch mint leaves, shredded

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Serves 4

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Cook 25 mins

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Ingredients

• 250g long grain rice
• 250g bunch asparagus , cut in bite-size pieces
• 1 red pepper , seeded and chopped
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• garted zest and juice 1 lemon
• 2 x 125g packs mini mozzarella , halved (or 2 x 125g balls mozzarella, chopped)
• 1 large bunch mint leaves, shredded

506 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 58g, fat 23 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 1g, salt 0.98 g

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