Pumpkins Stuffed with Wild Rice and Dried Fruit Recipe | Clean Plates

Ingredients

• 4 mini pumpkins (each about 5” in diameter)
• 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• sea salt & fresh black pepper
• 1 c. packaged, uncooked wild rice mix
• 1 ¼ c. vegetable stock or water
• 1 whole orange, zested and juiced
• ¼ c. dried cranberries or cherries
• 2-3 finely chopped dried dates
• 2 scallions, chopped
• ½ c. toasted almond slivers (or rinse, dry and toast the pumpkin seeds from inside the pumpkins)
• 1 Tbsp. fresh thyme
• 1/8 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 Tbsp. coconut nectar or raw agave