This quinoa recipe is an odd hen of types, nevertheless it was so properly obtained that I assumed I would share it with you. Heather, my sister was on her manner over for lunch. Desirous to keep away from a visit to the shop, I dedicated myself to throwing lunch collectively utilizing no matter I had available. 

Now, I not often mix tofu with Italian-style sauces, however this (and some different questionable culinary strikes) got here into play as I reached for elements from each fridge and freezer. Working towards a nutritious, considerably balanced, in-the-realm-of-healthy primary course here is the place I ended up. In a sentence – a skillet of quinoa, corn, chopped lacinato kale and pan-toasted tofu tossed with a giant dollop of pesto and completed off with a couple of roasted cherry tomatoes.

I’ve cooked this many instances within the years since, and it is an excellent late-summer recipe that comes collectively rapidly, particularly if you happen to hold a couple of of the parts available. For instance, I prefer to hold large jars of roasted tomatoes on the prepared. Toasted pepitas are sometimes in a bowl on the counter. And in some unspecified time in the future throughout any given week there’s leftover quinoa.

Heather’s Quinoa: Variations

There are infinite methods to change this up. If I’ve paneer cheese available, I prefer to swap that in for the tofu. You brown the paneer in a skillet, the identical manner you’ll tofu, and it will get good and sizzly. So good.

And whilst you can definitely swap in a variety of grains right here – rice, millet, and so on. – I like it with quinoa. You see it pictured right here with tri-color quinoa, however I usually make it with the white selection. Th recipe calls for 3 cups of cooked quinoa, if you happen to’re unsure the way to make it, here is a web page with my most popular technique of the way to prepare dinner quinoa.

Pepitas are my go to for crunch. Seconds selection is toasted cashews (chopped  only a bit).

If you wish to make this much more substantial, you’ll be able to add in a pair onerous boiled eggs, sliced into quarters, across the perimeter. 

I hope you get pleasure from this one as a lot as we did. The primary time I made this was in 2008, and we nonetheless make it usually. Particularly when it’s peak pesto season and cherry tomatoes are considerable. 

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