Take all your favorite fall flavors, mix them up together, and serve in a big beautiful bowl! This is a wonderful dish for company, but the leftovers the next day — if there are any, that is — are even better.

• 1 3/4 c. brown rice, cooked
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 1 small hard apple (Granny Smith and Honeycrisp are nice), diced small
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley
• 2 Tbsp. organic golden raisins
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped coarsely
• 1/4 cup almonds, slivered or chopped
• 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground pepper
• 1 + 2 Tbsp. olive oil (separated)
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 1 cup cooked chickpeas (canned is fine)

1. In a frying pan, heat 1 Tbsp. olive oil until shimmering, and add chickpeas. Fry, stirring occasionally, until chickpeas are warm and mostly dry. Remove from pan and set aside.
2. Mix together the pumpkin, maple syrup, cider vinegar and pepper. Warm in microwave, mix again, and pour into a large bowl containing the rice. Mix together lightly.
3. Add raisins, apple, onion, walnuts, remaining olive oil, salt and pepper, and combine gently.
4. Top with chickpeas and almonds, sprinkle with parsley, and serve. Serves 6-8.

Thank you Happy.Healthy.Life for a prior version of this recipe. Yum.