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Red rice, courgette and avocado salad with blitzed beetroot dressing
- Adam Bush
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Serves 2
Easy
Total time: 20 mins
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This courgette and avocado red rice salad is super easy and vibrant. Packed with flavour, plenty of colour and under 500 calories, this dish is the ideal midweek meal for two
Gluten free
Vegetarian
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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250g pouch cooked red rice and quinoa mix
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1 courgette
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1 ripe avocado
peeled, stoned and sliced
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2 spring onions
finally sliced
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a small bunch flat-leaf parsley
torn
DRESSING
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100g cooked beetrot
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3 tbsp natural yogurt
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½ lemon
juiced
Nutrition: per serving
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kcal478
low
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fat21.8g
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saturates4.8g
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carbs49g
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sugars12.9g
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fibre11.8g
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protein15.6g
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salt1.1g
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Method
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step 1
Whizz the beetroot, yogurt, lemon juice, 2 tbsp of cold water and some seasoning in a food processor until smooth.
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step 2
Heat the rice and quinoa following pack instructions, allow to cool slightly and tip into a bowl with the dressing. Toss well.
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step 3
Peel the courgette into long thin strips using a vegetable peeler and add to the bowl with the avocado. Toss lightly and serve topped with the spring onions and parsley.
Watch our 20-second video for the easiest way to stone an avocado...
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Adam BushDeputy food editor
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