Rice Pilaf With Mushrooms And Pine Nuts

Ingredients

• up to 4 cups of chicken or vegetable stock (vegetable stock for vegetarian option, gluten-free stock for gluten-free version), depending on the type of rice you are using, or a mixture of water and stock*
• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 5 ounces shiitake, cremini, or button mushrooms, roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cups long grain white rice
• 1/2 cup chopped green onions or yellow onions
• 2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper, plus more to taste
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 cup (loosely packed) chopped arugula, watercress, or 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley