Susanina's Vegetarian Kitchen | Asian Rice Salad

Ingredients

• 2 cups White Rice
• 3 tbsp Rice Vinegar
• Cider or white wine vinegar will work well also.
• 2 tsp Sesame Oil
• 2 cups Broccoli florets
• 1 cup Snow Peas (Pea Pods), trimmed; sugar snap peas are a very acceptable alternative.
• ½ cup Colored Peppers, Red, Yellow, or Orange, or a combination
• ½ cup Celery Stalks, sliced very thinly
• 1 clove Garlic, Minced
• ½ cup Scallions, Sliced thinly
• 1 tbsp Ginger, fresh, Minced, optional
• 1 tsp White Sugar, Scant, optional, as noted above
• 1 Egg (s), hard boiled, Chopped, optional for taste and color