Brown Rice Recipes are a great option for family picnics

This article gives one of our quick and easy Brown Rice Recipes that we love to use when we go out on picnic or BBQ with friends.

We are fortunate to live in Australia, great weather and a terrific place for the kids to grow up but the summer months can get pretty hot and humid. I guess because of this we take full advantage of the cooler seasons and head off in the car for picnics and day trips. We are by no means health fanatics but we consider the health of our family through good nutrition important and try and eat by example when making food choices with our children. Brown rice is packed with dietary fibre and including these whole grains in your family diet gives you the great advantages of rice nutrition.

Last weekend we went for a BBQ in a local forest park, great facilities for the kids and nice clean cooking plates. We took one of our easy brown rice recipes already prepared and cooked some kebabs on the cooking plate.

The brown rice recipe we used was a Feta & Olive Salad with Sesame Dressing, it is easy to prepare in advance of the meal and simply dressed before serving. You might like to try it so here is the recipe;

Ingredients

1 cup brown rice (cooked)

100g (3 ½ oz) cherry tomatoes cut in half

50g (1 ¾ oz) spinach (English) shredded

½ small red onion (thinly sliced)

100g (3 ½ oz) feta (crumbled)

½ cup kalamatta olives (pitted)

Dressing

2 tbls soy sauce (salt reduced)

1 tbls oyster sauce

2 tbls lime juice

2 tbls sesame oil

Combine all the salad ingredients with the rice and mix well. Place in an air tight container and keep chilled.

Make the dressing and store in a small air tight container until required.

To serve thoroughly shake the dressing and dress the salad just prior to serving.

With the rice already cooked this is one of our really easy that has become a very popular addition to our BBQ or picnic menu and you can be almost guaranteed that any guests who are with you will be begging you for the recipe.

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