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It’s nearly the end of April and it finally feels like spring is really here. It’s a glorious sunny day, warm with blue skies, so I thought it was the perfect day to share another healthy, tasty salad recipe with you…

Brown Rice Salad - serves 4

225 g (8 oz) brown rice
salt
2 spring onions
1 sliced red pepper
2 sliced celery sticks
50 g (2 oz) chopped stoned dates
25 g (1 oz) toasted almonds
25 g (1 oz) sunflower seeds
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp apples juice
2 tbsp cider vinegar
2 tsp bran
1 tsp curry powder
1 crushed clove garlic
black pepper

Cook the rice in boiling salted water for 40 minutes until tender. Drain through sieve and rinse with cold water. Leave to cool.

Mix the rice with all the vegetables, dates, almonds and sunflower seeds.

Mix the oil, apple juice, vinegar, bran, curry powder and garlic and add salt and pepper to taste.

Pour dressing over salad, toss it and serve immediately.