Wild Rice Fruit Salad

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• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup wild rice, rinsed
• 1 (16 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained and dried with a paper towel
• 1 (16 ounce)  pineapple tidbits, drained and dried with a paper towel
• 3  ounces maraschino cherries, drained and patted dry
• 1  cup green grapes or 1  cup red grapes, cut in half
• 1  cup fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1 (3 ounce) box  orange Jell-O
• 13  ounces Cool Whip

Directions

1. Boil rice in 4 cups of water for 45 minutes.
2. Let rice stand for 40 more minutes, then drain and cool.
3. Add fruit together and sprinkle with orange jello and mix.
4. Fold in Cool Whip and mix well.
5. Sprinkle top with coconut.
6. Refrigerate.
7. NOTE: If you prepare this a day ahead of time, do not add the Cool Whip or coconut until the next day. Before you add the whipped topping, drain off excess fluid that has accumulated overnight.