This is one of those salads that kids love, the name comes from the colours of the ingredients (unsurprisingly) making it a colourful and exciting salad. You can vary the recipe as you prefer, I use the vinaigrette shown, but feel free to vary it. This salad is ideal served at a picnic or barbecue, but can equally well be served as a side salad or lunch. it works particularly well as a packed lunch variation to sandwiches. You can use either brown or white rice, personally I prefer the nuttier brown rice. The quantities shown in this recipe serve 4 as a side salad.

Ingredients

• 100g Rice, uncooked
• 1 handful frozen Peas
• 1 handful frozen Sweetcorn
• 100g Cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 3 Spring onions, sliced
• Juice of 1 Lemon
• 1 clove Garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• Salt and Freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Rinse the rice, and place in boiling water, simmer for 15 - 20 minutes.
2. Add the peas and sweetcorn to the rice, and simmer for a further 10 minutes.
3. Drain the rice and allow it to cool, meanwhile, prepare the dressing.
4. Mix the lemon juice, oil, and garlic in a jar with a tight fitting screw-top lid. Shake well to mix.
5. Add the tomatoes and spring onions to the rice and mix well.
6. Cover with the dressing, add salt and pepper as required and serve.