Quinoa Pilaf

Try this one for dinner tonight!

(adapted from Food Matters website)



Quinoa pilaf made with broccoli, nutritional yeast, and quinoa. Completely dairy free, vegan and gluten free.



INGREDIENTS
• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• 2 cups fresh broccoli, chopped
• ⅓ cup pine nuts, toasted or raw
• Cheese sauce (Recipe Below)



METHOD
1.Cook 1 cup dry quinoa to 2 cups vegetable stock. Boil for at least 20 minutes, and fork to fluff. Yields about 3 cups of cooked quinoa or more. In the meantime while the quinoa is cooking, make the 'Cheese Sauce'.

2.Set this sauce aside until quinoa is finished cooking.

3.Pour the 'Cheese Sauce' into the pot with the cooked quinoa, steamed broccoli, toasted/or raw pine nuts, and stir to combine the sauce with the broccoli and quinoa. You may add additional almond milk to thin the sauce a bit. The goal result is a thick and creamy quinoa.

4.Garnish with pine nuts and fresh black pepper.

5.Enjoy!



Cheese Sauce recipe
A vegan cheese sauce recipe that is the perfect addition to any entree or recipe you'd like in place of cheese.



INGREDIENTS
• ½ cup nutritional yeast
• ¼ cup almond milk
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1-2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• Dash of cayenne pepper
• Dash of ground cumin
• Fresh ground black pepper, sea salt to taste

METHOD
1.Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a small saucepan at low/medium heat and stir until combined.
2.Gradually add more almond milk to the desired consistency- the goal is for it to be thick enough to cover a spoon but thin enough to stir easily. Remember the quinoa will absorb a lot of this liquid.
3.Adjust all seasonings to taste.