A variety of garden vegetables can be used in this simple vegan gluten-free recipe.
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 6people
Ingredients
1cupquinoa(uncooked)
2cupslow sodium vegetable broth(plus more for steam sautéing)
4cupscherry tomatoessliced in half
2eggplants(medium-sized) chopped into 1 inch cubes
5ozbaby bella mushroomssliced
1/2sweet onion(large) coarsely chopped
2clovesgarlicminced
2 cupsbaby greens(spinach or kale) chopped
Walnut "Parmesan"
3/4cupchopped walnuts
3Tbsp.nutritional yeast
3/4tsp.fine sea salt
1/4tsp. garlic powder
Instructions
Rinse quinoa if it hasn't been pre-rinsed and combine with 2 cups of vegetable broth in a saucepan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to medium low and allow quinoa to simmer with lid partially vented for about 10 minutes. Then remove from heat and let sit for at least 5 minutes.
While quinoa is cooking, add 1/4 cup of vegetable broth, garlic, onion, eggplant, and mushrooms to a 5 qt sauté pan and steam sauté over medium heat until veggies begin to soften. (about 10 minutes - add more broth as needed)
Add baby greens to veggies and continue to cook on low for 1 or 2 minutes until greens begin to wilt.
Add sliced tomotoes and cook another 1 or 2 minutes until tomatoes begin to soften.
Add cooked quinoa to sauté pan and stir to mix.
Spoon mixture into serving bowls and top with 1 - 2 Tbsp. of walnut "parmesan" cheese.
Walnut "Parmesan"
Add walnuts, nutritional yeast, salt and garlic powder to a food processor fitted with the S blade and pulse until ingredients achieve the consistency of finely grated cheese.
Notes
The recipe makes about 1 cup of walnut "parmesan" cheese - which you can store in the fridge for several weeks.