Warm Sausage-Rice Salad with Spinach & Feta

Directions

1. Rinse the basmati rice in a colander until the water runs clear, then drain and transfer it to a medium saucepan. Add water and bring to a boil over high heat.
2. When the liquid boils, stir, add the sausages, cover, and lower the heat. Cook until the rice absorbs the liquid and the sausages are cooked through, about 15–18 minutes. Remove from heat and let rest, still covered, for 5 minutes.
3. While the rice cooks, rinse and dry the produce. Juice a lemon into a medium salad bowl.
4. Strip the parsley leaves from the stems, mince them, and add to the bowl with the lemon juice.
5. Peel and mince the garlic and add it to the dressing bowl.
6. Whisk in oil, Dijon, vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper to make the dressing.
7. Small dice the cucumber and add it to the bowl with the dressing.
8. Seed and finely dice the red bell pepper and add to the bowl as well.
9. Once the rice is tender, remove the sausages, let them cool briefly, then slice lengthwise and cut into thin half-moons.
10. Add the sliced sausages and the cooked rice to the bowl with the vegetables and dressing; toss to combine.
11. Divide the spinach between plates, top with the sausage-and-rice salad, then sprinkle feta over each plate and serve.