Are you salivating yet? I sure was when I read the recipe inside my cookbook…
I decided to check out the Bridge & Groom cookbook in hopes of finding easy, yet inspiring recipes to make for the sides to my Christmas meal.
This one excited me, so I gathered my ingredients… a it was such a wonderfully simple list!
1 c wild rice
1/3 c (heaping) craisin
2 Tbsp green onion
1 Tbsp olive oil (supposed to use a high quality kind)
S & P
&… 1/3 c toasted pecans!
Hubbs actually picked this bag up at a roadside stand and I was excited to get to use them in a recipe. So I got crackin’
1/3 c of pecans later, it was time to toast them. I heated the oven up to 350 degrees, spread them on a baking sheet, and toasted them for about 10 minutes, until they browned and they smelled good 🙂
Then I chopped them up.
Then, I cooked my wild rice blend according to the directions on the package. Looking back, I’d like to try it with all wild rice instead of a blend, but blend is all I had…. so blend is what I used.
After cooking, I drained the rice and poured into a bowl.
Where I added the craisins, green onion, olive oil and toasted pecans.
I stirred it up well and added some salt and pepper to taste.
It. Was. Gorgeous.
The colors were perfect for a Christmas side dish!
But what about the taste?
Ohmygawwww….
YUM!
I loved this recipe!
An easy recipe with a fancy taste is right up my alley!
However, the amount the recipe made only fed Hubbs & me, so I’m going to need to triple quadruple fivetuple
MAKE A LOT MORE 😉
What add-ins do you love in a pilaf?
Sarah @ The Smart Kitchen says
OH MY GOLL! That cookbook is my aunt’s FAVORITE, and I buy it for all of my friends when they get engaged. One of the author’s is a cousin to my uncle or something like that….anyways, my aunt uses that book for EVERYTHING. [The mojito recipe is especially good…and there is an onion dip of some sort that she relies on for cocktail parties.]
Melissa @ Be Not Simply Good says
That sounds, and looks, delicious!
I guess I haven’t done much in the way of pilaf. I make quinoa with green onion and minced garlic. I may have to try something like that.
TheHealthyapron says
I have the same cook book! Too funny!
Carrie says
That looks delish!
One of my least favorite things to do is shelling pecans and that bag looks enormous and like a pain! 🙂
melissa says
Looks like my kind of side with all the simple flavors that seem to work well together, though I am more of a pasta girl at heart.
Pure2raw Twins says
Delish! I love adding nuts to my pilafs!!
Corey @ the Runner's Cookie says
Ah that looks awesome! Nut and fruits pair so well with all grains 🙂
I think the best thing I ever made with rice was this Butternut Squash Risotto
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/butternut_squash_risotto/