Monday, August 9, 2010

Radicchio-Blueberry-Wild Rice Salad with Walnuts

When people find out I don't eat wheat or dairy (except butter), sometimes they'll say, "What do you eat, nuts and berries?"  To which I reply, "Yes."  This beautiful salad is for those who enjoy the bitter taste of radicchio. The wild rice called for is just wild rice (the dark part only), not the wild rice/white or brown rice blends often sold in stores.  Apparently wild rice is not true rice, it is more like a grass.


1 head radicchio
3/4 box blueberries
1/2 cup wild rice, cooked
  (measured before cooking)

2 Tablespoons walnut oil
1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
1 Tablespoon agave nectar

1/3 cup lightly toasted walnuts
1/4 box blueberries

Cut radicchio into short shreds.  Combine with cooked and cooled wild rice and blueberries.  Mix together walnut oil, rice vinegar, and agave nectar.  Pour over radicchio mixture and toss thoroughly.  Top with walnuts and the last of the blueberries.

2 comments:

  1. Can’t wait to try your recipe. Have you tried Goose Valley Wild Rice?

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  2. I don't think so, Nicole... is it good stuff?

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