Glorified Rice Salad Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Drain pineapple and fruit salad, reserving syrup in saucepan, combine uncooked rice, 1 cup reserved mixed fruit syrup and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir to moisten rice. Bring to a boil; cover; simmer 5 minutes.
• 2. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Cool completely.
• 3. Add pineapple and fruit, cool.
• 4. Stir in marshmallows and sliced banana that has sprinkled with lemon juice. Beat the cream till stiff peaks form. Fold in cream and cherries. Chill.
• 5. Notes: I had never seen a pomegranate until I was 35 years old. I have since found the very best way in the world to clean a pomegranate I think. Get a big deep bowl and put in the sink and fill with cold water and let the water stay on at a slow run. As you break apart the fruit the heavy juice laden seeds drop to the bottom, the juice from the seeds you burst floats away as does the much lighter empty seed and fruit pith.

Steps:

• Mix rice, pineapple, sugar and marshmallows in a bowl.
• Whip cream with additional sugar and vanilla until stiff.
• Fold into rice mixture.
• Chill.
• Decorate with maraschino cherries or slices of fresh pineapple or strawberries.
• Serves 6-8.

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• In a large bowl combine the cooked, cooled rice, sugar, pineapple and marshmallows. Fold in the whipped cream. Chill for 4 hours.
• Spoon the rice mixture into 6 dessert dishes and place a cherry on top of each.

Steps:

• 1. Cook orzo according to directions on package. Rinse in cold water. Can cook the day before and place in fridge over night.
• 2. Open and drain all fruits, except cherries. If not using the whole jar of cherries, remove what you want and dry them on a paper towel and then quarter them.
• 3. While orzo is cooling, whip up whip cream to stiff peaks.
• 4. Stir all ingredients into whipped cream and chill.