Wild Rice Salad Recipe

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Ingredients

1 * 1 cup uncooked wild rice
* Seasoned salt, optional
2 * 2 cups diced cooked chicken
1-1/2 * 1-1/2 cups halved green grapes
1 * 1 cup sliced water chestnuts, drained
3/4 * 3/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1 * 1 cup cashews, optional
* Lettuce leaves

Preparation

Step 1

* 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.