Fruity Rice Casserole

Name: Fruity Rice Casserole
Ingredients: 1 cup brown rice; 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice; 8 ounces tofu, large dice (optional); 1 -2 yam, peeled and sliced; 2 carrots, peeled and sliced; 14 cup raisins (optional); 1 apple, diced; cinnamon; salt; pepper, for sprinkling (pumpkin pie spice is good too); 2 cups water

11 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

1 cup brown rice
1 (15 1/2 ounce) can pineapple chunks in juice
8 ounces tofu, large dice (optional)
1 -2 yam, peeled and sliced
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
14 cup raisins (optional)
1 apple, diced
cinnamon
salt
pepper, for sprinkling (pumpkin pie spice is good too)
2 cups water

Directions

1

Lightly oil a covered casserole (if you forget, you will hate this recipe).
2

Put ingredients into dish in order listed.
3

Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or longer.
4

There are a lot of options to this dish: It can easily be doubled.
5

Add a diced onion after the pineapple and change the seasoning to curry and garam masala, for Indian flavor.
6

If you don't have pineapple, fruit cocktail will do, as will peaches, or any other canned fruit.
7

Yams can easily become winter squash.
8

Prunes work well, as do dried apricots.
9

Feel free to experiment.
10

This recipe is a starting point for your imagination.