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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

Method

  • Lightly oil a covered casserole (if you forget, you will hate this recipe).
  • Put ingredients into dish in order listed.
  • Cover and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours or longer.
  • There are a lot of options to this dish: It can easily be doubled.
  • Add a diced onion after the pineapple and change the seasoning to curry and garam masala, for Indian flavor.
  • If you don't have pineapple, fruit cocktail will do, as will peaches, or any other canned fruit.
  • Yams can easily become winter squash.
  • Prunes work well, as do dried apricots.
  • Feel free to experiment.
  • This recipe is a starting point for your imagination.