Baked Quinoa (wheat free cooking)
I’m always very happy to try new recipes which are (a) easy (one pot cooking rocks!), (b) wheat-free (I’m not able to eat wheat), (c) cheap, (d) both Bealers and I both enjoy (harder than you’d expect).
This recipe in a Waitrose magazine (from the mag exchange box at the local library) jumped out at me as I had a box of Quinoa (pronounced ‘keenwah’) gathering dust in my cupboard as I didn’t know how to cook it. I can’t eat cous cous and this is a fabulous alternative. I’m now totally hooked and it’s my new easiest dinner to make when we have visitors. Takes 2 mins to prepare and 30 mins to bake.
- 150g quinoa
- 25g dried apricots (finely chopped)
- 300ml hot stock
- chicken fillets or thin pork loin fillets
- juice and zest of 1 orange
oven to 200 degs
place quinoa in baking dish
stir in apricots and stock
place pork or chicken on top
drizzle with juice and zest
cover and bake for 20 mins
remove foil
cook for further 15 mins
allow to stand
quinoa should be swollen and liquid absorb
serve with seasonal green veg
September 21st, 2008 at 4:32 pm
yum - I am trying this tonight!! We love quinoa. We boil it (like rice) and top with whatever we can find in the kitchen. I love how nutritious it is.