Dried Fruit / East Indian Rice Salad


Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked brown rice
  • 1 cup cooked wild rice
  • 1 cup AMPORT dried tart cherries
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced celery
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup plain low fat yogurt, to taste
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 can (11 oz.) mandarin oranges; drained
  • 1/2 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded and sliced

    • Directions

    In large serving bowl, combine brown rice, wild rice, cherries, celery, green onions and pecans; mix well. Stir on yogurt. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange orange sections and cucumber slices in a decorative patter on top of the salad. Refrigerate for several hours to blend flavors before serving, covered.