Warm Brown Rice and Chickpea Salad with Cherries and Goat Cheese
Created by breezermom on May 5, 2024
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 5m
- Recipe #42775
Ingredients
- 8.8 ounces precooked brown rice (such as Uncle Ben's) (1 pouch)
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 32 cherries, pitted and quartered (See substitution suggestions in description above)
- 15 ounces unsalted chickpeas, rinsed and drained (1 can)
- 2 ounces goat cheese, crumbled (about 1/2 cup)
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat rice according to package directions.
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Step 2: Place rice in a medium bowl. Stir in onions and next 7 ingredients (through chickpeas).
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Step 3: Sprinkle evenly with goat cheese.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (1601.4 g)
- Calories 1400.4
- Total Fat - 16.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.7 g
- Cholesterol - 7.9 mg
- Sodium - 29114.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 319 g
- Dietary Fiber - 35 g
- Sugars - 232 g
- Protein - 15.9 g
- Calcium - 309.4 mg
- Iron - 5.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 53.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg