Rice with Roasted Pumpkin & Cottage Cheese
A bouquet of incredible flavor combinations of pumpkin with baked garlic and kale, along with rice and crunchy walnuts, will give you not only satiety but also delight the eye with bright colors.
Ingredients
- 1 whole recipe of Roasted butternut squash with kale & walnuts see the link to the recipe in the Notes below
- 2 cups basmati rice or rice of your choice
- 7 oz cottage cheese or ricotta cheese 200 g
- 4-5 Tbsp fresh orange juice
- 3-4 Tbsp tahini
- 1 Tbsp of water
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the rice according to the package instruction.
- Make a tahini-orange dressing by mixing together tahini, fresh orange juice, water and salt until creamy consistency.
- Spoon the rice onto the serving plates. Add pumpkin mixture. Top it with 1-2 Tbsp of cottage cheese and roasted walnuts, and drizzle with tahini-orange dressing or extra virgin olive oil. Enjoy.
Notes
1. Roasted Butternut Squash with Kale & Walnuts.
2. You may need more tahini or orange juice/water. Depends on how thick your tahini is. My tahini was runny. So, I used 3 Tbsp of tahini and 5 Tbsp of orange juice.
3. Tahini is a sesame seed paste. Always check the ingridient list. It should be 100% sesame. And sometimes salt.
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