TOMATO EGGPLANT QUINOA BOWL W/ WALNUT "PARMESAN"

Looking to use your garden bounty in a simple recipe? Check out this vegan, gluten-free
tomato eggplant quinoa bowl!
This tomato eggplant quinoa bowl recipe is as easy as it gets. You just chop some veggies. (I added garlic, onion, mushrooms and baby greens to the mix. But you could also use zucchini, corn, or whatever you have in excess.) Then you steam sauté the mixture with vegetable broth.

INGREDIENTS 1 cup quinoa (uncooked) 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth (plus more for steam sautéing) 4 cups cherry tomatoes sliced in half 2 eggplants (medium-sized) chopped into 1 inch cubes 5 oz baby bella mushrooms sliced 1/2 sweet onion (large) coarsely chopped 2 cloves garlic minced 2 cups baby greens (spinach or kale) chopped Walnut "Parmesan" 3/4 cup chopped walnuts 3 Tbsp. nutritional yeast 3/4 tsp. fine sea salt 1/4 tsp. garlic powder

INSTRUCTIONS

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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)
4. Add baby greens to veggies and continue to cook on low for 1 or 2 minutes until greens begin to wilt.
5. Add sliced tomotoes and cook another 1 or 2 minutes until tomatoes begin to soften.
6. Add cooked quinoa to sauté pan and stir to mix.
7. Spoon mixture into serving bowls and top with 1 - 2 Tbsp. of walnut "parmesan" cheese.

Walnut "Parmesan"

1. 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.

RECIPE NOTES

The recipe makes about 1 cup of walnut "parmesan" cheese - which you can store in the fridge for several weeks.

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