Apple, Almond Quinoa

14 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup uncooked quinoa
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 34 cup diced onion
  • 34 cup fine diced carrot
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 cups vegetable stock or 2 cups chicken stock
  • salt
  • 1 teaspoon red curry
  • 1 12 cups finely diced apples
  • 1 teaspoon butter or 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 13 cup crushed almonds, toasted
  • black pepper
  • 12 lemon, juice of
  • garnish with chopped cilantro

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat olive oil in a sauce pan on a medium heat.
  2. 2
    When the onion is soft, add the carrot and garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
  3. 3
    Stir in broth, quinoa, salt and curry and bring to a boil.
  4. 4
    Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed.
  5. 5
    While the quinoa is cooking, in another saute pan, heat butter on a medium-high heat and add diced apples to pan.
  6. 6
    allow them to saute, not stirring them too often so that they brown a little.
  7. 7
    When quinoa is cooked, remove from heat and stir in apples and almonds.
  8. 8
    add lemon juice to taste and garnish with cilantro.

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