Cauliflower Rice with Pine Nuts

If you in desperate need of a quick vegan rice recipe, but don’t want to spend hours searching the net for the right one, the Cauliflower Rice with Pine Nuts vegetarian rice recipe below  is the perfect solution for you.

What You Need:

• 7 C water
• 3 T olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped fine
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped fine
• 4 C small cauliflower florets
• 1/4 C dark raisins
• 2 C Arborio rice
• 1 C dry white wine
• 1/3 C lightly toasted pine nuts
• 2 T unsalted butter
• Salt and pepper to taste

How to Make It:

1. Bring the water to a light simmer over low heat.
2. Place the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium high heat.
3. Add the onion and garlic.
4. Cook 8 minutes or just until the onion begins to turn golden.
5. Add the cauliflower and raisins.
6. Cook 2 minutes stirring occasionally.
7. Place in the rice in the pan.
8. Cook 2 minutes while stirring continuously with a wooden spoon.
9. You want the rice to be mixed in well with the other ingredients.
10. Add the wine and cook until all the liquid is absorbed.
11. Add 1 C of the hot water.
12. Stir until absorbed.
13. Continue adding 1 C of water and allowing it to be absorbed each time before adding more.
14. When you have 1 C of water left stir it into the rice mixture.
15. Add the pine nuts and butter and stir well to combine.
16. Stir in the salt and pepper to taste.
17. Serve immediately.

Best Served With

• Grape Leaves Stuffed With Pilaf
• Broccoli And Beans
• Different Fruits And Veggies
• Peas Or Sweet corn
• Bean Chili
• Stuffed Pineapple
• Fry/Stir Fry Vegetables
• Vegan Cabbage Rolls
• Risotto With Mushrooms
• Mashed Pumpkin
• Sweet Potato
• Creamy Rice Or Rice Pudding For Dessert
• Yummy Custard

The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind.

—Charles Darwin, the Descent of Man

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