Cranberry Pecan Wild Rice & Quinoa Pilaf

Ingredients

• 1 cup wild rice
• 3 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 large red onion, diced (about 1/3cup)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup quinoa
• 1/2 cup pecans, toasted in a skillet and roughly chopped
• 1 Earl Grey tea bag (or 1 teaspoon loose Earl Grey tea in a tea ball)
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 T whiskey
• 2 green onions, chopped fine about 1/2cup)
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. fresh-ground black pepper
• 1 T butter (optional)