Mediterranean Brown Rice Salad

Brown Rice Salads can be so dull... but not this one! Fresh dill and coriander/cilantro with a bright lemon dressing totally makes it.

Rice Salad With Nuts and Sour Cherries From 'Plenty More'

This salad from Yotam Ottolenghi's newest cookbook, Plenty More, has a lot going on and everything going for it. A beautiful mix of grains, crunchy almonds and pine nuts, chewy dried cherries, silky onions, and enlivening arugula, basil and tarragon—every bite is fairly dazzling.

Fruity Black Rice Salad With Cilantro, Avocado, and Pepitas in Chili-Orange Vinaigrette

This black rice salad is full of color: avocado and cilantro for a shock of green, mangoes and oranges for some contrast, followed by a sprinkle of red onion and a shower of earthy, crunchy pepitas, all tied together with chile and cumin-spiked orange vinaigrette.

Cowboy Rice Salad

Take a trip out to the wild west with this SouthWestern COWBOY RICE SALAD! Based on the famous Cowboy Caviar, this brown rice salad is filled with bright flavours!

Wild Rice Salad With Mushrooms, Celery Root, and Pine Nuts

This easy wild rice salad (or dressing, or stuffing) is deeply savory and earthy, thanks to sautéed mushrooms, celery root, and toasted pine nuts.

Carolina Gold Rice Salad from 'Around the Southern Table'

This salad of white rice, raisins, pine nuts, and scallions from Rebecca Lang's Around the Southern Table may look a bit one-dimensional at first, but Lang's version is more than just a simple grain salad. The potent mixture of a lemon's zest and its juice whisked together with a touch of orange juice and a drizzle of sweet and tangy white balsamic soaks effortlessly into the hot rice, plumps the raisins, and tempers the bite of the scallions.

Wild Rice Salad

This gorgeous wild rice salad with pomegranate is a celebration of colours, textures and flavours! A perfect holiday or Christmas Salad to impress.

Quinoa Salad With Dried Tart Cherries, Mint, and Feta in Lemon-Sumac Vinaigrette

This quinoa salad takes Middle Eastern flavors and ties them together with a sumac-lemon vinaigrette. The mix of tart, dried cherries, mint, parsley, salty feta, and pomegranate is enough to make you forget you're eating healthy.

Purple rice (red cabbage rice)

Purple rice is a garlicky, butter rice that owes its vibrant colour to red cabbage! Love this 2-in-1 side that combines starch + lots of veg.

Wild Rice Salad With Cranberries and Pecans

A hearty autumn salad of nutty wild rice, dried cranberries and toasted pecans in a slightly sweet orange-scented vinaigrette.