Wild Rice Salad with Apples and Dried Cherries

Serves: 8

Ingredients:

6 1/4 oz. fast-cooking wild rice
1 cup apple, unpeeled and chopped
1 cup green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup celery, chopped
2/3 cup dried cherries, chopped
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons cider vinegar

Directions:

1.Cook rice according to package instructions. Do not add butter or margarine if included in instructions.
2.Spread cooked rice in an even layer on a cookie sheet to cool (about 10 min.)
3.Combine apple, green bell pepper, celery and cherries in a medium sized bowl.
4.Combine soy sauce, water, sugar and vinegar in a separate bowl until sugar dissolves.
5.Add soy sauce mixture and rice to apple mixture and toss ingredients until well-coated.

Source:

Wild Rice Salad with Apples and Dried Cherries from the Public Health Cookbook by the Seattle and King County Department of Public Health — original source of recipe, public domain government resource