Vegan Rice Salad with Pecans and Apple

Ingredients:

600 g (3 cups) cooked brown or white rice (equivalent to 1 cup / 200 g uncooked rice)
coarsely chopped pecans
1 diced avocado
1 diced apple
4 tablespoons chopped fresh dill

For the dressing:
1 orange (juice squeezed)
1/2 lemon (juice squeezed)
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves minced garlic
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill
1 tablespoon French DIJON mustard

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine the rice, chopped pecans, avocado, apple and dill.
2. Squeeze the juice from the orange and lemon. In a small bowl, mix together the olive oil, garlic, dill, mustard, orange and lemon juices (or use a small blender if you prefer).
3. Pour the dressing into the large bowl with the rice mixture and mix well.
4. Serve the salad hot or cold, with spinach or roasted squash or TOFU.

Yield: 4 servings
Recipe: forkfulofplants.com