Yes...it is pumpkin again!! Tonight's dinner was a faux pumpkin risotto. I had no risotto in the house, so I decided to use brown rice. I was surprised at what a wonderful savory taste this dish had. A nutmeg laced pumpkin taste with creaminess added by ricotta cheese. The peas were thrown in for color and to add more veggies! This is definitely my new comfort meal! If only I had one of rubybean77's gingerbread cupcakes for dessert.Faux Pumpkin Risotto
serves 2
3/4 cup cooked brown rice
1/2 cup fat free ricotta cheese
1/4 cup pumpkin
1/8 tsp nutmeg
Combine all ingredients and heat on stove top until warm or in microwave for 1 minute 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Top with Parmesan cheese if desired.
16 comments:
Your blog could be renamed "Megan's Pumpkin Munchies" ;0)
Yummm looks good to me. Would cottage cheese work just as well do you think? Probably not, I was just curious ;)
HA! You're so cute! Thanks for mentioning me in your blog! WHOOHOO!!!!
Great looking risotto. Especially the peas, lol, they really do pop the color... I love things like that making the dish pretty. Do you think it would work without the ricotta cheese? I can make non-dairy cheese, but just wondering. Or would that total omission mess up the creamy factor?
wow- risotto? even if its faux, you are braver than I.
Kelly Turner
www.groundedfitness.com
Yum, I just made some squash risotto, which I'll get to posting today i hope!
YUM! I bet the ricotta and pumpkin combo tasted great together! Keep the pumpkin coming!!!
i'm having a major pumpkin obsession as well, and i literally had a dream that i made those pumpkin drop bisquits last night. with soymilk tho ;)
Hi Megan!
If you check out post called "pumpkin x 3" you will find a dish I created using pumpkin and bulgur. I think you may enjoy it!
I love pumpkin and glad to see all your pumpkin dishes. I might have to try that pumpkin oat bar!
I'm going to make this soon...I have all the ingredients on hand!
I'm digging the pumpkin and I think I'm going to pick a pumpkin tomorrow for the next Heady Pepper. I tried bringing the P words closer together. Drats. Looks delicious. I love the cheese you're using with nutmeg. I'm always making risotto dishes without the risotto.
Thanks for the comment on my holupkis, Megan! This looks really good. My fussy son might even eat it. He who hates everything actually likes rice and pumpkin. Not brown rice, though!
I love butternut squash risotto. I don't know why I never thought of pumpkin!
Wow! That is one good looking risotto. First time here, and you have a great blog going on here.
once I made fake risotto by using orzo :)
It's fun to think of new ways to make old recipes.
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