Pesto Quinoa With Roasted Tomatoes

Name: Pesto Quinoa With Roasted Tomatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1/2 cup White quinoa; 1 cups vegetable stock; Salt and pepper; 2 cups Cherry tomatoes; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 1/2 cup basil; 3/4 hulled hemp seeds; 2 gloves garlic; 2 tbsp nutritional yeast; 1 1/2 tbsp Lemon juice; Salt & Pepper; 1 cup almond milk

4 steps

Prep:10minCook:20min

I halved the quinoa as there is always too much quinoa.

Updated at: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 03:26:50 GMT

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Ingredients

2 servings

Quinoa Risotto

½ cupwhite quinoa

1 cupsvegetable stock

salt

pepper

2 cupscherry tomatoes

1 Tbspolive oil

Creamy Hemp Pesto

1 ½ cupbasil

0.75hemp seeds

hulled

2garlic cloves

2 Tbspnutritional yeast

1 ½ Tbsplemon juice

salt

pepper

1 cupalmond milk

Instructions

Step 1

Cook quinoa in rice cooker with stock and salt

Step 2

Add basil, hemp, garlic, oil, yeast, lemon juice, almond milk, salt and pepper to the food processor. Just before quinoa is finished, pour creamy hemp pesto into the rice cooker and stir well until evenly mixed. Cover and cook for another 3-4 minutes.

Step 3

Preheat oven to 232 C. Slice the tomatoes in half and put them on a lined baking sheet. Spray with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 10 min. It’s ok if oven if still heating up

Step 4

Decide among serving bowls and top with roasted tomatoes and a drizzle of balsamic glaze