Spicey Quinoa Topping

Broccoli and Basil in sunlight

Spicy Quinoa Topping

I use this recipe as a garnish or a topping for a variety of dishes like:

Tuna and Broccoli Pie Cheeseless Cheese Sauce and Quinoa Topping







Ingredients:

½ a cup of dry quinoa
1½ cups of water

Method

Put these two ingredients into a saucepan and bring it to the boil, and then immediately turn the heat down as low as possible to simmer for 10-15 minutes.  The quinoa absorbs all the water.  Take it off the heat.

Add to the cooked quinoa:

½ teaspoon of Fajita seasoning or Cajun mix
¼ teaspoon of ground turmeric (for colour)
1 tablespoon of olive oil or rapeseed oil

Coat the quinoa in the seasoning and oil and sprinkle it over the dish. 

You can give the dish a whirl in the microwave and lightly brown the topping under the grill to make it crunchy if you like things piping hot.  But remember that the more you heat this healthy food, the less healthy it becomes.  You can protect the essential oils in the rapeseed oil (omegas 3 + 6) by simply adding it last - i.e. after the cooking process.

Healthy Cheeseless Cheesy Broccoli

Add 1 cup (6 fluid oz) of water to these dry ingredients and give it a whirl in the microwave for 3-5 minutes.

Here's another way I use my Healthy Cheeseless Cheese Sauce.  You'll get the recipe here.

I've chopped up about 150g of broccoli and chucked it in along with the quinoa flakes, mustard powder, ground turmeric and seasoning. 

Add the yoghurt,lemon juice and canola/rapeseed oil to this

I've given it a 3 minute whirl in the microwave at the porridge stage.  3 minutes won't destroy too much of the vitamins in the broccoli but if you want to keep the broccoli raw, just add it along with the 'uncooked ingredients'.  You'll get that sort of info at my Hubpages blog here. 

Cheeseless Broccoli Cheese in minutes

I'd leave my broccoli uncooked if it were fresh out of the garden, but this is supermarket stuff, so I cook it lightly just in case there's dodgy bacteria present.