Maybe I've been under a rock or maybe it's a fairly new food to be introduced, but either way black rice is news to me.

I just recently saw it popping up here and there and decided I would give it a try for myself to see if I liked it.  I did some research and turns out black rice is an up in coming superfood that we should be incorporating in our diets on a regular basis.  Hmmm...tasty and nutritious...sign me up.

Just in case you didn't know, because I sure didn't know, black rice contains the same antioxidant found in blueberries, blackberries, and other purple foods.  It actually contains more of the antioxidants if you were to compare spoonful to spoonful, but with added fiber, lower sugar, and more vitamin E!  Whaat??  That's crazy, and really cool in my book because we cook rice in my house pretty frequently.  It's name forbidden rice comes from the fact that in ancient China, only emperors and nobles were allowed to eat it and it was forbidden to any commoners.  As you can see, I learned A LOT!

But anyway, on the recipe.  I thought it would pretty delicious to make a salad out of it for lunches or to serve with a piece of fish for dinner.  So I did just that.  This salad is packed full of good for you stuff including all kinds of veggies, healthy oils, and herbs.

I'm going to go ahead and call it.  Black rice and I have a lot more experimenting to do!  Apparently it's great for rice puddings and other desserts as well due to it's slightly sweet and nutty flavor.  Who knows maybe I'll try that next!  For now, I'm going to stick to adding it in throughout the week when I need a good side dish!

It was delicious, had great texture, and with all the veggies added it really was loaded with tons of extra nutrients.