Рецепт Black & Wild Rice Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash
Blogging Marathon# 49: Week 4/ Day 1
Theme: Bookmarked Recipes
Dish: Black & Wild Rice Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash
My theme for the final week of this month's marathon is 'Bookmarked Recipes'. Like all of you, I have a ton of bookmarked recipes and find every opportunity to try those out. So when we have it as a theme in Blogging marathon, I make sure I make the most out of it.
So for the first day, I have an interesting salad with black rice, wild rice and butternut squash. This is a colorful and healthy salad that is very filling and can be served as a light meal or as a side dish to a bigger meal.
This recipe uses only 1~2 cups of butternut squash, but I would suggest to roast the whole squash and store the leftovers in the freezer to use later.
Recipe from Bon Appetite:
Ingredients: Serves 2~3
- Black Rice - ½cup
- Wild Rice - ¼cup
- Butternut Squash - ½ of a small squash, peeled & cubed
- Scallions - 2, thinly sliced
- Pistachios - 3tbsp, toasted and chopped
- Sesame & Sunflower seeds - 2tbsp each, toasted & chopped
- For the dressing:
- Olive oil - 2tbsp
- Red Wine Vinegar - 2tbsp
- Honey - 1tsp
- Salt & Pepper - to taste
Method:
Preheat oven to 450°F. Toss butternut squash with 2tbsp olive oil and season with salt & pepper. Spread on a baking sheet and roast, tossing once, until golden brown and tender, 20~25 minutes. Let cool.
In the meantime, cook black rice and wide rice in a large saucepan of boiling water until tender, 35~40 minutes. Drain and rinse, shaking off as much water as possible. Let cool.
Alternately, both the rice can be cooked separately. Cook black rice with 1 cup of water (rice:water=1:2)for 40~45 minutes, until all the water is absorbed and rice is tender.
For wild rice, combine 1 cup of water and wild rice (rice:water=1:4) in a sauce pan, bring to a boil; lower the heat and simmer till all the water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 40 minutes.
Once the rice & butternut squash are ready, combine them in a mixing bowl along with scallions.
In a small bowl, whisk all the dressing ingredients and pour it over the rice mixture. Sprinkle the nuts and seeds and enjoy!!