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Receta Warm brown rice salad with roasted aubergine and pistachios
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In true new year’s resolution style, I’m starting the year with a nice healthy recipe – this warm brown rice salad with roasted aubergine and pistachios. I must say, considering this recipe is on the healthier side (there’s no cheese or chocolate, at least), it’s delicious – plenty of yummy bits. Sun-dried tomatoes, pistachio nuts, capers, lots of fresh herbs… it all adds up to a seriously delicious brown rice salad.
Not forgetting that roasted aubergine…
I can’t quite decide whether roasted aubergine looks really tasty, or just a bit weird and wrinkly (I suppose a bit of both), but the important thing is that it tastes awesome. So it’s got that going for it. Just don’t look at it too closely, as it does look slightly…
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