Rice And Fruit Salad

• 4 C hot cooked white rice
• 2 tbsp. Salad oil
• 1 can mandarin orange sections (or 1 C naval orange sections)
• 3/4 C canned pineapple chunks
• 1/2 C walnut pieces
• 3/4 C sliced strawberries
• 3/4 C kiwi fruit, cut into chunks
• Poppy Seed Dressing:
• 3/4 C sugar
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1/3 C white wine vinegar
• 11/2 tbsp. Chopped onion
• 1 C Salad Oil
• 11/2 tbsp. Poppy seeds

1. 1) Toss the hot rice with the vegetable oil and allow to cool.
2. 2)To cold rice add the oranges, pineapple and walnuts. Toss with Poppy Seed Dressing(small amounts at a time until moistened to liking- may not use all the dressing) and refrigerate for at least two hours or overnight. Before serving toss in strawberries and kiwi.
3. For poppy seed dressing:
4. Combine sugar, mustard, salt, vinegar and onion in food processor or blender and whirl briefly to mix. With processor going, gradually blend in oil as for a mayonnaise. When thickened gradually beat in poppy seeds until well blended.

hot cooked white rice, salad oil, orange sections, pineapple, walnut pieces, strawberries, kiwi fruit, sugar, dry mustard, salt, white wine vinegar, onion, salad oil, poppy seeds

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/rice-and-fruit-salad-1206181 (may not work)