wild Rice Salad

Posted by martine on Dec 10, 2009 in Recipes | 0 comments

Great as a side or main dish as well as a stuffing

Serve 6

1 cup cooked Basmati rice

1 cup cooked wild rice

1/2 cup raw sliced almonds

1/2 cup dry cranberries

1/2 cup fresh Cilantro or any herb of your choice

1/2 cup chopped scallions or green onions

For the dressing:

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/2 cup fresh orange or tangerine juice ( no pulp and seedless)

2 tbsp. orange zest

2 tbsp. agave syrup or honey

1 tbsp. honey dijon mustard or any mustard of your choice

Salt and pepper to taste ( for a low sodium recipe use a salt free seasoning)

Directions:

Whisk all the dressing ingredients together until smooth.

Place both rices, almonds, cranberries and scallions in a bowl and mix with the dressing.  Add salt and pepper and toss well.

Let this recipe marinate for about 2 hours before serving.

Options:

You can replace the almonds with any nuts of your choice.

For people with allergies to nuts replace with some canned lentils and chopped celery and carrots.

You can add some grilled tofu, mushrooms or some canned beans (such as garbanzo or any other beans)

Try to add some canned or fresh corn kernels(unsalted)