Rayes Awesome Rice Salad

• 4 cups cooked rice, still hot
• 1 (14 ounce) bottle Bernsteins cheese fantastico salad dressing, plus more to taste
• 12 green bell pepper, julienned and then cut into 1/3 's
• 12 red bell pepper, julienned and then cut into 1/3 's
• 3 green onions, diced finely
• 1 shallot, diced finely
• 12 red onion, diced finely
• 1 (5 3/4 ounce) can black olives, diced finely
• 12 cup currants
• 5 ounces peas, blanched for 3 minutes
• flat-leaf Italian parsley, chopped

1. Pour 1/2 of a bottle of dressing over the hot rice and set aside to cool while you prep the vegetables.
2. Break up rice with your hands and mix in the prepped vegetables.
3. Add remainder of first bottle of dressing.
4. Let sit until at room temperature.
5. Add more dressing as needed so rice salad is moist not too dry.
6. It may be served at room temperature or cold.
7. Store in the refrigerator.

rice, bernsteins cheese, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, green onions, shallot, red onion, black olives, currants, peas, flatleaf italian parsley

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rayes-awesome-rice-salad-472620 (may not work)