This hearty salad recipe features black beans, backbacon and rice smothered in a spicy yogurt dressing - great for a meatless main course.
This healthy, fast and easy to make vegetable and fruit salad makes a great side dish, desert, or first course for a family dinner or dinner party. This vegetarian recipe serves 4.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup canned black beans, drained
½ cup fried backbacon, diced
4 cups cooked Carolina rice
3 cups mixed vegetables, defrosted (peas, carrots, corn)
3 cups yogurt
1 tbsp. garden herbs (cilantro, mint, chives and chervil) finely chopped
lettuce leaves to serve
METHOD:
Combine black beans, backbacon, Carolina rice, peas, carrots, corn, yogurt, cilantro, mint, chives and chervil. Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter. Spoon bean mixture on top. Serve chilled as a great meatless main course, or as a side dish to barbecued chicken or steak.
