COLD GRAIN AND RICE SALAD, a simple and light summer recipe, perfect for lunch or dinner, also great to take to the beach and for dieting.
Simple and quick to prepare, the grain and rice salad with tuna, eggs, and tomatoes is delicious, a one-dish meal perfect for lunch or dinner that you can also take to the beach.
The grain and rice salad recipe is also great for dieting, cook the eggs and rice, then combine all other ingredients and put it in the fridge to rest, delicious and light.
You can also skip the mix of grains and rice and use only rice, adding zucchini and ham.
Follow me in the kitchen today, there’s cold grain and rice salad!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice (mixed rice and grains)
- 3 eggs
- 11 oz tuna (in water or oil)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1.5 cups arugula
- 5 tablespoons black olives
Steps
For the recipe, I used a mix of rice and grains; boil it then place it in a well-drained bowl.
Boil the eggs for about 7 minutes, then cool them in a bowl with cold water, peel them, cut them into pieces, and place them in the rice.
Add the tuna, olives, and arugula, mix well.
Cut the cherry tomatoes into wedges, excellent both red and yellow, season as you like, with oil or mayonnaise if you prefer, and mix again, keep it in the fridge or at room temperature.
Bon appétit
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A perfect main dish that you can modify by adding other ingredients you have at home, mixed vegetables, fennel, carrots, peppers, or eggplant, for example.
You can season the dish as you like or leave it unseasoned as I did.
