This flavorful Wild Rice Salad with Bacon and Arugula is a fun twist on wild rice salad that’s perfect to make for a special meal! And this salad has a variety of low-carb ingredients, so there are only about 8 net carbs per serving. Use baby spinach if you’re not an arugula fan.
One of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes is Wild Rice Stuffing with Sausage and Mushrooms, and when I came across that recently on the site, it reminded me that wild rice is low in carbs and inspired me to try creating a wild rice salad!
And after a bit of experimenting, Kara and I came up with this Wild Rice Salad with Bacon and Arugula that we absolutely loved. The salad has lots of savory flavor from bacon, arugula, slivered almonds, shaved Parmesan, green onions, and celery, but the dressing is sweetened with Monkfruit Sweetener, so the salad has a nice mix of savory and sweet flavors.
If you’re making this for a holiday meal you can cook the wild rice and marinate it in the dressing, prep the other salad ingredients earlier in the day, and then toss the salad together when it’s time for dinner. And there are endless variations for salads with wild rice; see the ideas below if you aren’t a fan of some of the ingredients we used or just want to switch it up a bit.
And after a bit of experimenting, Kara and I came up with this Wild Rice Salad with Bacon and Arugula that we absolutely loved. The salad has lots of savory flavor from bacon, arugula, slivered almonds, shaved Parmesan, green onions, and celery, but the dressing is sweetened with Monkfruit Sweetener, so the salad has a nice mix of savory and sweet flavors.
If you’re making this for a holiday meal you can cook the wild rice and marinate it in the dressing, prep the other salad ingredients earlier in the day, and then toss the salad together when it’s time for dinner. And there are endless variations for salads with wild rice; see the ideas below if you aren’t a fan of some of the ingredients we used or just want to switch it up a bit.
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