VEGETARIAN CEVICHE:

Ingredients:

• 12 Fresh mushrooms, cut into wedges (6 pieces per mushroom)
• ¾ cup raw pumpkins seeds, boiled for 10 minutes, drained and cooled
• 1 Red onion, sliced into thin slivers
• 1 cup fire roasted corn
• ½ cup sweet orange pepper, diced
• 1 cup Lime juice (approx. 6 limes)
• ½ cup vegetable broth
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 teaspoon fresh red hot chili, diced (Jalopeno, Jamaican, serrano)
• ¼ cup chopped Cilantro
• Fresh lettuce
• Salt and pepper
• Avocado
• Tomato

Preparation:

In a bowl put the mushrooms, pumpkin seeds, corn, orange pepper, red pepper and onion.  Combine the lime juice, vegetable broth, and garlic. Add salt, and pepper. Pour marinade over vegetables and wait a few minutes before serving.  Serve with a leaf of lettuce, and garnish with avocado and tomato.