Seafood Rice Salad

Summer is here and  there is nothing better than a delicious fresh rice salad. This is our favourite combination of ingredients. It tastes so fresh! We serve it with plain old fashioned salad cream!! You can use mayonnaise, more olive oil or even a vinaigrette. Give it a go...you can prepare this salad in advance and share it with your family and friends to a BBQ or party or even a picnic at the park or at the beach. It is very easy to prepare as the only cooking needed is cooking the rice. So, for 6-8 servings, you will need...

• 3 cups cold cooked rice [about 900g]
• 1 red or green pepper, diced
• 1 large tomato, deseeded and diced
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• 4 tbsp pitted green olives
• 120g smoked salmon, cut into small pieces
• 200g cooked prawns 
• 16 surimi sticks, sliced
• 175g cooked fresh mussels, without shell
• 1 tin (60g) anchovies, chopped (optional)
• Chopped fresh mint
• Chopped fresh coriander
• Half teaspoon dried marjoram
• Half teaspoon dried dill
• Some extra virgin olive oil
• Salad cream or mayonnaise, to serve
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

How to...

1. This has to be the easiest method ever.  Just put all the ingredients (apart from the salad cream or mayo) in a bowl.
2. Mix slowly with a plastic spoon.
3. Dress with the salad cream or mayonnaise.

Enjoy!!
R&A