Rice Salad
"I go to a deli where they have the BEST rice salad. This is real close... Cook time includes cooling time."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 (4 ounce) package long grain and wild rice blend (The brand doesn't matter, it's the 2 serving size.)
- 1 2⁄3 cups water (or as specified on the package)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil (or the amount of butter as specified on the package, 1 tbsp of oil instead of butter.)
- 1⁄2 1/2 cup dried craisins or 1/2 cup dried cherries
- 1⁄4 1/4 cup almonds or 1/4 cup walnuts
- 1⁄4 cup cilantro, coarsely chopped (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup chopped celery or 1/4 cup cucumber, for crunch
- 2 tablespoons vinegar, to taste (I prefer Nipa Sap, but white, raspberry, cider and balsamic work)
directions
- Prepare rice as directed on package (with the seasoning packet) and let cool 30 minutes or so.
- Stir in grapes or raisins, nuts, cilantro, celery or cucumber and vinegar.
- Taste and add more vinegar if needed.
- Be careful--I used 5 tablespoons vinegar in the last batch and WOOO is it SOUR!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Countrywife
Sacramento, Ca
I've been cooking for over 45 years now. First I made Jello pudding. Next I learned how to make cream sauce. I still like creamed tuna over toast, rice or mashed potatoes.
Many years ago I found a greeting card that said "When I retire I'm going to move to a big house in the country and live with a lot of cats...I've already got a start on the cats." I bought the store's entire stock and sent them to EVERYBODY! Well, now I'm retired, I live in a regular sized house in the country (on about 80 acres), I have a bunch of cats and feed a lot of other critters. There's a mini pig (she's still pretty big),a lop-eared rabbit, a vole who moved in under the stove, a huge flock of chickens, loads of songbirds, an opossum behind the barn(who sneaks in to eat), herons in the spring, pacific tree frogs, and the occasional coyote. We're even in the territory of a couple of golden eagles who stop by a couple of times a year.
That's a chicken on my shoulder. JC (Junior Chicken). How he ended up as an indoor chicken is a long, complicated story. JC never learned to crow right. Maybe it was being deprived of role models in his formative months.
