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Wild Rice Ham Salad

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Wild Rice Ham Salad

Wild Rice Ham Salad

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  • Author: Cherie | Taste & Review
  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 45 min
  • Total Time: 2 hours

Ingredients

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2 cups uncooked wild rice

1 pound ham, cut up into cubes

½ cup thinly sliced green onions

8 ounces (1 can) water chestnuts diced, drained

2 cups seedless red grapes, cut in half

1 cup cashews

1 cup Craisins dried cranberries

½ cup mayonnaise

½ cup whole milk

1 teaspoon lemon juice

¼ teaspoon tarragon

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper


Instructions

For this recipe make the wild rice ahead of time. We used a wild rice and brown rice mix. Prepare 2 cups of uncooked rice according to the package instructions.  The wild rice should be cooled before making the salad.

On a cutting board cut up the ham into cubes, red grapes in half, and slice the green onions thinly. Set aside.

In a large bowl make the creamy sauce for the salad. Whisk together the mayonnaise, whole milk, lemon juice, tarragon, salt and pepper.  Stir in the wild rice, ham, grapes, green onions, cashews, craisins, and water chestnuts.

Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.


Notes

This salad is a great way to use leftover ham. Prepare the wild rice mix ahead of time.  You can serve it plain or put on croissants.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 12
  • Calories: 295
  • Sugar: 6.2g
  • Sodium: 626mg
  • Fat: 12.4g
  • Saturated Fat: 2.9g
  • Carbohydrates: 34.1g
  • Fiber: 3.1g
  • Protein: 12.8g
  • Cholesterol: 626mg
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Wild Rice Ham Salad

Wild Rice Ham Salad

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  • Author: Cherie | Taste & Review
  • Prep Time: 20 min
  • Cook Time: 45 min
  • Total Time: 2 hours

Ingredients

Scale

2 cups uncooked wild rice

1 pound ham, cut up into cubes

½ cup thinly sliced green onions

8 ounces (1 can) water chestnuts diced, drained

2 cups seedless red grapes, cut in half

1 cup cashews

1 cup Craisins dried cranberries

½ cup mayonnaise

½ cup whole milk

1 teaspoon lemon juice

¼ teaspoon tarragon

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon pepper


Instructions

For this recipe make the wild rice ahead of time. We used a wild rice and brown rice mix. Prepare 2 cups of uncooked rice according to the package instructions.  The wild rice should be cooled before making the salad.

On a cutting board cut up the ham into cubes, red grapes in half, and slice the green onions thinly. Set aside.

In a large bowl make the creamy sauce for the salad. Whisk together the mayonnaise, whole milk, lemon juice, tarragon, salt and pepper.  Stir in the wild rice, ham, grapes, green onions, cashews, craisins, and water chestnuts.

Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.


Notes

This salad is a great way to use leftover ham. Prepare the wild rice mix ahead of time.  You can serve it plain or put on croissants.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 12
  • Calories: 295
  • Sugar: 6.2g
  • Sodium: 626mg
  • Fat: 12.4g
  • Saturated Fat: 2.9g
  • Carbohydrates: 34.1g
  • Fiber: 3.1g
  • Protein: 12.8g
  • Cholesterol: 626mg
Stuffed Acorn Squash

Stuffed Acorn Squash

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Stuffed Acorn Squash

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  • Author: Cherie DeBrule

Description

Stuffed Acorn Squash


Ingredients

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  • 4 acorn squash, halved lengthwise; seeds and membrane removed
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • 1/2 cup wild rice
  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 TBSP olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 3/4 cup diced celery
  • 1/2 bag of baby spinach chopped
  • 1/2 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup dried apricots, diced
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 21/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon each ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat oven to 375º F.
  2. 2. Cook both varieties of rice together in broth or water with ¼ teaspoon of salt (omit salt if broth is already salted).
  3. 3. Meanwhile, place squash halves, cut side down, into a large shallow baking dish or cookie sheet (you may need two) on parchment paper. Bake for 30 minutes.
  4. 4. In a skillet, sauté onion in olive oil until it becomes transparent. Add the celery and sauté a couple of minutes. Remove from heat. Using a large mixing bowl, blend this mixture together with the cooked rice, cranberries, nuts, apricots, spinach, and remaining seasonings.
  5. 5. Take out the squash after 30 minutes and give it time to cool. Take a melon baller and scoop out the squash and place into the the large mixing bowl and stir it up. Don’t over scrape the squash.
  6. 6. Press the rice mixture into each squash cavity, mounding rice as much as possible.
  7. (Most likely you will end up with leftover rice mixture which you can place in a separate pan to cook.)
  8. 7. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes or until squash flesh is thoroughly tender.

Notes

  • You can keep the seeds and bake them for later.