Pistavocado Rice Salad
1 1/2 cup jasmine rice, cooked [1/2 cup uncooked]
half of a medium, ripe avocado
juice of one half of a lemon
1 T e.v. olive oil
1 T seasoned rice vinegar
2 T red onion, chopped or cut to your liking
1/4 t cracked [or not] black pepper
pinch of sea salt
scant 1/2 t dried basil
scant 1/2 t dried parsley
1/4 dried thyme
1 1/2 T pistachio nuts, halved [keep a couple or more whole, for decoration]
juice lemon in large bowl with your lemon press [don't wash your press just yet! use it to puree the avocado, it works well], add oil, herbs, pureed avocado, onion, pepper, salt, pistachios; mix until blended.
add rice and stir until covered with sauce. let chill for a couple of hours before serving.
serves 1 or 2 depending on if main course or not.
inspired by this
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K said,
July 27, 2007 at 9:39 am
Matthew Mead Style? Hmmmmmmmm! Does it matter that i’m more cracked than that pepper? :)
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Patricia Scarpin said,
July 27, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I love the color and it looks delicious too!
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Celine said,
July 27, 2007 at 2:26 pm
ha, K! you crack me up, that’s for sure.
thanks Patricia! I love me some pistachios, long time. :p
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textual bulldog said,
July 27, 2007 at 9:06 pm
so pretty! looks to me like you’re using the camera to its full potential ;)
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stonielove said,
July 27, 2007 at 9:41 pm
wow. that looks amazing! i will pick up the ingredients this weekend when i go grocery shopping :)
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VeggieGirl said,
July 28, 2007 at 12:29 am
LOVE this rice salad recipe – I definitely want to try this one soon. and I love the new blog layout!
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Celine said,
July 28, 2007 at 4:13 am
bah, thanks TB! but there’s lots of room for improvement. is it pathetic that I bought a bouquet of flowers to work on my macro “skills”?
I hope you’ll like the salad, Stonie! I really loved it myself, and will be making it again soon.
thank you VeggieGirl! :)
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Monika K said,
July 28, 2007 at 6:55 am
This rice sounds outstanding! I can’t wait to give it a try. What a pair – avocado and pistachios – who would have guessed?
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Mihl said,
July 28, 2007 at 9:03 am
What a nice colour! I love green food:) I can’t wait to try it too. Just one question: How much raw rice would I need to get 1 1/2 cups?
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Celine said,
July 28, 2007 at 9:05 am
1 cup uncooked equals 3 cups cooked, so 1/2 cup uncooked is what you need.
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Mihl said,
July 28, 2007 at 10:53 am
Thank you so much! I was too lazy to look it up. And still love my good old metric measurements:)
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Celine said,
July 28, 2007 at 11:30 am
I love me some metric measurements too! I wish it was the same everywhere, way to make our lives easier. ;p
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Mitsuko said,
August 1, 2007 at 10:33 am
I love green food!
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Celine said,
August 1, 2007 at 1:38 pm
me too!! I need to make this again. I have another avocado begging to be sacrificed anyway.
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