Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, All You Gotta Do Is Add Rice

And this vegetarian main will be there
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Welcome to Meatless Monday, a column in which we feature vegetarian recipes to help offset the weekend's carnivorous sins.

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We call this Basmati Rice and Summer Vegetable Salad, but it could really be Basmati Rice and Spring Vegetable Salad or Basmati Rice and Fall Vegetable Salad. Because while a few components are the same--shallot, rice, parsley--the vegetables can be any kind you want. Throw them into a bowl with leftover rice and dressing, mix, and that's that.