Italian rice and melon salad

Ingredients for 3 servings:

• 100 g rice
• 1 bell pepper(s), yellow
• 2 spring onions
• ½ Galia melon or Charantais melon
• 150g mozzarella
• 1 bunch of basil
• 1 lemon(s), juice
• 2 tsp balsamic vinegar, light, alternatively white wine vinegar
• salt and pepper
• 4 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 40 minutes

Cook the rice according to the package instructions, then let it cool. Rinse, deseed, and dice the bell pepper. Trim and finely chop the spring onions. Peel and deseed the melon and cut it into bite-sized pieces with the mozzarella. Mix everything with the rice. Finely slice the basil (do not chop, otherwise it will turn black). For the dressing, combine the lemon juice, vinegar, pepper, and salt, then whisk in the olive oil. Combine the dressing, basil, and rice and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving.