Recipe - Wild Rice Salad

1 cup Uncooked wild rice
Seasoned salt, optional
2 cup Diced cooked chicken
1 One half cup Halved green grapes
1 cup Sliced water chestnuts,
drained
Three fourths cup Light mayonnaise
1 cup Cashews, optional Lettuce
leaves

Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 00:20:51 0400

From: BobbieB1@aol.com

This tasty dish uses less sugar, salt and fat. Recipe includes Diabetic
Exchanges. Cook rice according to package directions, omitting salt or
substituting seasoned salt if desired. Drain well; cool to room
temperature. Spoon into a large bowl; add chicken, grapes, water chestnuts
and mayonnaise. Toss gently with a fork. Cover and chill. Just before
serving, add cashews if desired. Serve on lettuce leaves or line a bowl
with lettuce leaves and fill with salad.

Yield: 6 servings.

Diabetic Exchanges: One serving (prepared without cashews or additional
salt) equals 2 lean meat, 1 starch, 1 fruit, 1 vegetable, 1 fat; also, 318
calories, 229 mg sodium, 38 mg cholesterol, 40 gm carbohydrate, 19 gm
protein, 10 gm fat.

From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994

Posted to MealMaster Recipes List, Digest #143