Fruited Wild Rice
Salad
This delicious wild rice salad is a real crowd pleaser!
It is a beautiful salad made up of sweet juicy pears and apples combined with full-bodied, nutty wild rice, crunchy nuts and a fruity vinaigrette.
I have been making this yummy salad a lot lately. It provides me with much needed energy, vitamins, minersals, fiber, antioxidants, healthy fats and protein. It tastes fantastic the first day, but even better the next day. It is a very easy recipe to put together once the wild rice is open.
If you have never tried wild rice before then try this recipe. It couldn't be easier or taste better.
Ingredients:
Recipe from Healthy Food for Living
1 cup dry wild rice, rinsed
1 green onion, thinly sliced
½ cup dried cranberries (or currants, raisins etc.)
½ cup walnuts, chopped
1 apple, diced
1 pear, diced
Juice from ½ lemon
Vinaigrette:
3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
2 tsp honey
Sea salt and pepper to taste
1. First open wild rice. Add 1 cup of dry wild rice to 4 cups cold water, bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover tightly and simmer gently for ½ hour. Shut off heat and let stand on burner covered for approximately 45 minutes, until rice reaches its desired texture. Drain and rinse with cool water.
2. Combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar and honey. Set aside.
3. Chop up apple, pear and green onion.
4. Mix the chopped fruit, walnuts, cranberries, vinaigrette with the cooked wild rice. Season with salt and pepper.
Enjoy!
Note: This salad is even better the next day!! A great lunch option. It's also nice over a bed of spinach like the original recipe called for.
Salad
This delicious wild rice salad is a real crowd pleaser!
It is a beautiful salad made up of sweet juicy pears and apples combined with full-bodied, nutty wild rice, crunchy nuts and a fruity vinaigrette.
I have been making this yummy salad a lot lately. It provides me with much needed energy, vitamins, minersals, fiber, antioxidants, healthy fats and protein. It tastes fantastic the first day, but even better the next day. It is a very easy recipe to put together once the wild rice is open.
If you have never tried wild rice before then try this recipe. It couldn't be easier or taste better.
Ingredients:
Recipe from Healthy Food for Living
1 cup dry wild rice, rinsed
1 green onion, thinly sliced
½ cup dried cranberries (or currants, raisins etc.)
½ cup walnuts, chopped
1 apple, diced
1 pear, diced
Juice from ½ lemon
Vinaigrette:
3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
2 tsp honey
Sea salt and pepper to taste
1. First open wild rice. Add 1 cup of dry wild rice to 4 cups cold water, bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover tightly and simmer gently for ½ hour. Shut off heat and let stand on burner covered for approximately 45 minutes, until rice reaches its desired texture. Drain and rinse with cool water.
2. Combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar and honey. Set aside.
3. Chop up apple, pear and green onion.
4. Mix the chopped fruit, walnuts, cranberries, vinaigrette with the cooked wild rice. Season with salt and pepper.
Enjoy!
Note: This salad is even better the next day!! A great lunch option. It's also nice over a bed of spinach like the original recipe called for.
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