Fruited Rice Salad on the Half Recipe
Fruited Rice Salad on the Half Recipe Ingredients: 4 cups cooked brown or wild rice 1/4 cup raisins 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots 1/2 cup chopped pecans 2 avocados Vinaigrette Instructions: Chill rice. Pour boiling water over raisins and apricots in small bowl. Let stand 10 minutes, drain and cool. Heat oven to 350F. Place pecans on shallow baking pan; bake 5 to 8 minutes. Remove from oven, set aside. Prepare Vinaigrette. Toss rice, raisins, apricots, and pecans with Vinaigrette, refrigerate 1 hour. Just before serving, halve, seed and peel avocados. Fill each half with rice salad and serve. Vinaigrette Ingredients: 1/4 cup safflower or vegetable oil 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar 1 teasoon honey 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard Salt and pepper to taste Instructions: Shake all ingredients together in tightly covered container.