Forbidden Rice Salad with Black Beans, Sticky Squash, and Arugula

While forbidden rice sounds a little bit slinky, it’s simply black rice (which appears a few times throughout these pages), now widely available in most major grocery and bulk food stores. Squash adds meatiness and sweetness, while peppery, feathered arugula keeps this out of the overly syrupy category, holding it as lunch appropriate. An ideal fall midday meal.