Pumpkin Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup diced white onion
• 1 cup cubed pumpkin or other winter squash
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup cilantro
• juice of 1/4 lime
• 1 cup roasted pumpkin seeds
• 1/ 2 tsp salt and pepper

Directions

1. Saute the onion and pumpkin over medium high heat in the extra virgin olive oil until the onion is beginning to caramelize.
2. Add the rice, cumin, and chili powder and continue to saute one minute until the rice begins to toast.
3. Add the chicken stock, bring to the boil, reduce heat to low, cover and cook 20 minutes until rice is cooked through.
4. Toss in the pumpkin seeds, cilantro, salt, pepper, and lime juice