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Wild Rice Salad

Wild Rice Salad Last year for Thanksgiving, we went to Idaho to visit with Craig's parents. My mother-in-law made a delicious wild rice salad. She sent me the recipe and I immediately ran out and bought a box of wild rice. And then I never made the salad. The wild rice sat in our pantry for almost a year and I finally decided to do something with it. But there was a problem - I couldn't find the recipe! So, I took a peak at what we had on hand, and threw a very simple salad together in its place. This was super easy to make and very satisfying to eat. There are just a handful of ingredients, but the salad is chewy and crunchy, slightly sweet and slightly sour, two of my favorite combinations. In fact, I made it a few weeks ago and I've been thinking of it since. Wild Rice Salad serves 4 3 cups cooked and chilled wild rice (or mix of wild rice and white rice, that's what I used) 1 serving red wine vinaigrette (about 1/3 cup) 2 oz feta cheese, crumbled 1 oz...