Rice and Lentil Salad I

Ingredients

 * 1 cup wild rice
 * 1 cup long grain brown rice
 * 1 cup green (french) lentils
 * combine with
 * 1 each red, yellow, green bell
 * pepper, chopped
 * 2 cup small cherry tomatoes
 * 1 or 2 carrots
 * 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (more or
 * less)
 * 1 to 2 tablespoon or chopped
 * fresh mint
 * dressing
 * x nonfat tomato-herb
 * x red wine vinegar

Directions
Cook grains separately, in 2 cups water, until done, 45 minutes or less. For the dressing, i used a prepared nonfat tomato-herb dressing (trader joe"s) mixed about half and half with red wine vinegar because i generally find prepared nonfat dressings too thick and too sweet for my taste. I didn"t measure, but i used perhaps half a cup, maybe as much as a cup, total, just enough to moisten everything. I let it sit in the refrigerator all day, to let the flavors mix. I don"t know how many people it served--it filled a large bowl-- but there wasn"t any left over after the potluck (and while i was glad that everyone liked it, i was sorry not to have some to take home). Fatfree digest [volume 10 issue 49], sept. 21994