Food Friday : Black Bean and Rice Salad

Ingredients

• 4-5 cups cooked rice (white or brown, warm or cold)
• 2 cups or so of cooked black beans. If canned, drained and rinsed.
• 1/2 bell pepper cubed, red or green
• 1 large carrot chopped into small pieces
• 1 green onion chopped
• A handful of coriander (cilantro) chopped finely
• Optional : 1/2 to 1 cup Corn niblets and/or 1 ribs of celery chopped.
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup white or red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame seed oil
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon each dried oregano and basil or 2 teaspoons fresh minced.
• About 1 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon minced hot pepper (optional)
• Salt to taste - start light and add more to finished salad if desired. Note the soya sauce adds salt already.