Harvest Wild Rice Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Salad
3 cups vegetable stock
1 cup wild rice
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 large apple, cored and diced
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup golden raisin
1/4 cup minced red onion
1 tablespoon snipped fresh basil
Dijon Vinaigrette Dressing
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

Bring water and rice to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 45 minutes or until rice is tender and splitting open. Drain excess water and let cool.
Place cooled rice in a large bowl with celery, apple, walnuts, raisins, onion and basil.
Pour dijon vinaigrette dressing over salad and toss well. Season to taste with pepper.
Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, stirring once or twice.