The George Mateljan Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation with no commercial interests, is a new force for change to help make a healthier you and a healthier world.

eating healthycooking healthyfeeling great

Printer friendly version
return to recipes

Fiesta Brown Rice Salad

This health-promoting rice salad not only tastes great but can supply 114% of your Daily Value (DV) for manganese, 141% DV for vitamin C and 26% DV for magnesium to your Healthiest Way of Eating.

Fiesta Brown Rice Salad Prep and Cook Time: 50 minutes -includes cooking time for rice

Ingredients:
  • 4 cups cooked brown rice
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 cup corn
  • 1 cup black beans
  • 4 TBS favorite vinaigrette
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • pinch of cayenne
  • 2 TBS chopped cilantro

Directions:

  1. Combine 4 cups cooked brown rice, diced bell peppers, corn, and black beans. Toss with your favorite vinaigrette.
  2. Add 1 tsp cumin seed and a pinch of cayenne to dressing. Sprinkle rice salad with chopped cilantro

Serves 4

Nutritional Profile

Introduction to Recipe Rating System Chart

In order to better help you identify recipes that feature a high concentration of nutrients for the calories they contain, we created a Recipe Rating System. This system allows us to highlight the recipes that are especially rich in particular nutrients. The following chart shows the nutrients for which Fiesta Brown Rice Salad is either an excellent, very good, or good source (below the chart you will find a table that explains these qualifications). If a nutrient is not listed in the chart, it does not necessarily mean that the recipe doesn't contain it. It simply means that the nutrient is not provided in a sufficient amount or concentration to meet our rating criteria. (To view this recipe's in-depth nutritional profile that includes values for dozens of nutrients - not just the ones rated as excellent, very good, or good - please use the link below the chart.) To read this chart accurately, you'll need to glance back up to see the ingredients used in the recipe and the number of serving sizes provided by the recipe. Our nutrient ratings are based on a single serving. For example, if a recipe makes 4 servings, you would be receiving the nutrient amounts listed in the chart by eating 1/4th of the combined ingredients found in the recipe. Now, returning to the chart itself, you can look next to the nutrient name in order to find the nutrient amount it offers, the percent Daily Value (DV%) that this amount represents, the nutrient density that we calculated for this recipe and nutrient, and the rating we established in our rating system. For most of our nutrient ratings, we adopted the government standards for food labeling that are found in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "Reference Values for Nutrition Labeling." Read more background information and details of our rating system.

Fiesta Brown Rice
1.00 serving
378.19 grams
409.16 calories
NutrientAmount%DVNutrient
Density
World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
vitamin C84.66 mg141.16.2excellent
manganese2.28 mg114.05.0excellent
dietary fiber8.36 g33.41.5good
magnesium104.80 mg26.21.2good
vitamin A1302.35 IU26.01.1good
tryptophan0.08 g25.01.1good
World's Healthiest
Foods Rating
Rule
excellentDV>=75%ORDensity>=7.6ANDDV>=10%
very goodDV>=50%ORDensity>=3.4ANDDV>=5%
goodDV>=25%ORDensity>=1.5ANDDV>=2.5%

In-Depth Nutritional Profile for Fiesta Brown Rice Salad