Cranberry-Pecan Wild Rice Salad

Ingredients:

• 8 cups cooked wild rice
• 2 cups dried cranberries
• 1 cup toasted pecans, chopped
• 1½ cups shredded carrots
• 1 cup diced celery
• ½ cup chopped green onion
• 10 ounces Greek dressing

Prep Steps:

1: Cook the rice per package directions. Cool completely, and then gently fluff with a fork.
2: Toast and chop the pecans.

Steps:

1: Carefully stir 8 ounces of the dressing into the rice. Then stir in all the additional ingredients.   
2: let salad chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.   
3: Before serving, drizzle remaining dressing over salad and garnish with extra cranberries and pecans if desired.   

Comments:

Uncle Ben has a good long-grain wild rice.

You can use homemade vinaigrette or bottled Italian dressing instead.