Recipe - Brown Rice Salad With Apples And Walnuts

1 cup Brown or long grain rice
2 One half cup Water
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 cup Walnuts; coarsely chopped
1 Celery rib; cut or sliced up
4 Scallions; thinly cut or sliced up
1 cup Raisins
1 md Red apple; minced
1 Grated rind 1 lemon
3 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
2 Garlic cloves; pressed
One fourth teaspoon Salt
Fresh black pepper to taste
1/3 cup Olive oil
Greenleaf lettuce (opt)

Put Rice in medium sauce pan along with water, oil, and salt. Cover, bring
to a boil, and reduce the heat to simmer. Cook for 45 minutes or until the
rice is tender and all the water has been absorbed. Meanwhile, combine the
walnuts, celery, scallions, raisins, apples, and lemons rind in a large
bowl. In a jar with a tightfitting lid, combine the lemon juice, garlic,
salt, pepper, and olive oil and shake well. Pour half of this dressing on
the apple mixture and toss well. When the rice is done, let cool until just
warm. Combine with the fruit fruit mixture and pour on the remaining
dressing. Let sit at least 1 hour before serving at room temperature, on a
bed of lettuce if desired

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