Fruited Rice Salad on the Half

== Ingredients ==
* 4 cups cooked brown or wild rice
* ¼ cup raisins
* ½ cup chopped dried apricots
* ½ cup chopped pecans
* 2 California avocados
=== Vinaigrette ===
* ¼ cup safflower or vegetable oil
* 1 tbsp lemon juice
* 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
* 1 tsp honey
* ¼ tsp ground coriander
* ¼ tsp Dijon-style mustard
* salt and pepper to taste
== Directions ==
# Chill rice.
# Pour boiling water over raisins and apricots in small bowl.
# Let stand 10 minutes, drain and cool.
# Heat oven to 350°F.
# Place pecans on shallow baking pan; bake 5 to 8 minutes.
# Remove from oven, set aside.
# Prepare vinaigrette.
# Toss rice, raisins, apricots, and pecans with vinaigrette, refrigerate 1 hour.
# Just before serving, halve, seed and peel avocados.
# Fill each half with rice salad and serve.
=== Vinaigrette ===
# Shake all ingredients together in tightly covered container.
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Category:Fruit Salad Recipes
Category:Hass avocado Recipes
Category:Red wine vinegar Recipes
Category:Dried apricot Recipes
Category:Wild rice Recipes
Category:Brown rice Recipes
Category:Raisin Recipes
Category:Pecan Recipes