Mushroom Rice Pilaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/8 - 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup olive oil
8 ounces sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
10 -12 dried spaghetti noodles, broken into 1/2 inch pieces or 10 -12 orzo pasta
2 cups beef broth or 2 cups water
1 cup long grain white rice (rinsed till water is clear)
1 sprig fresh thyme
salt & pepper
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans

Preparation

In butter, saute mushrooms, onion and spaghetti noodles until noodles are browned.
Add beef broth, rice and thyme sprig. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until all liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
Remove to serving bowl discard thyme & season with salt & pepper and garnish with pecans.
For Vegetarian use the water not the beef broth.