Name: Summer Rice Salad with Goat Cheese Dressing
Ingredients: 1/2 c Corn oil; 1/2 c Crumbled soft mild goat cheese; 1/4 c Red wine vinegar; 2 tb Ons, chopped fresh oregano; 1 tb On, ground cumin; 1/2 ts Ground cloves; 4 1/2 c Water; 2 1/2 c Uncooked long-grain white rice; 1 ts Salt; 10 oz Frozen corn, thawed and drained; 1 c Chopped red bell pepper; 1 c Chopped green bell pepper; 1 c Chopped red onion; 6 Green onions, chopped; 1/2 c Chopped fresh chives or green onions

A Christian is not a person who experiences no bad desires. A Christian is a person who is at war with those desires by the power of the Spirit. Conflict in your soul is not all bad. Even though we long for the day when our flesh will be utterly defunct and only pure and loving desires will fill our hearts, yet there is something worse than the war within between flesh and Spirit – namely, no war within because the flesh controls the citadel and all the outposts. Praise God for the war within! Serenity in sin is death. The Spirit has landed to do battle with the flesh. So take heart if your soul feels like a battlefield at times. The sign of whether you are indwelt by the Spirit is not that you have no bad desires, but that you are at war with them!

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains		Rice, Summer, Salads/dres	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Corn oil
1/2	c	Crumbled soft mild goat cheese
1/4	c	Red wine vinegar
2	tb	Ons, chopped fresh oregano
1	tb	On, ground cumin
1/2	ts	Ground cloves
4 1/2	c	Water
2 1/2	c	Uncooked long-grain white rice
1	ts	Salt
10	oz	Frozen corn, thawed and drained
1	c	Chopped red bell pepper
1	c	Chopped green bell pepper
1	c	Chopped red onion
6		Green onions, chopped
1/2	c	Chopped fresh chives or green onions

INSTRUCTIONS

DRESSING
SALAD
FOR DRESSING: Combine corn oil, goat cheese, vinegar, oregano, cumin and
cloves in large bowl and whisk until well blended. Set aside.
FOR SALAD: Bring 4-1/2 cups water to simmer in heavy large saucepn. Add
rice and 1 teaspoon salt and stir to combine. Reduce heat to low, cover and
cook until rice is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and
let stand 5 minutes.
Transfer rice to a large bowl. Fluff with fork. Pour goat cheese dressing
over hot rice and let cool, tossing occasionally. Mix in corn, red and
green bell peppers, red and green onions and chives. Season to taste with
salt and pepper. (Rice salad can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and
refrigerate. let stand 2 hours at room temperature before serving.)
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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 199 Calories; 14g Fat (60% calories
from fat); 3g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 291mg Sodium
Recipe by: Bon Appetit/August 1994 Posted to FOODWINE Digest 02 Jul 97 by
"McNamara, Kelly" <kmcnamara@LIGGETT.COM> on Jul 2, 1997

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