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Quinoa With Toasted Almonds & Dried Cranberries
Quick, Easy, Healthy, Low Fat, GF Quinoa Casserole Recipe
Quinoa Almond Cranberry Recipe: Delicious by itself, goes well with Crockpot Chickpea Curry, or Easy Vegetable Curry.
Even though quinoa has more fat than most grains, and almonds have fat, there's just a dab of oil, making this is a healthy, low fat, gluten free recipe.
But not boring! Quinoa has loads of flavor, and the veggie cube, cinnamon & bay leaf, almonds & cranberries add even more.
Total Prep And Cook Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 4 - 6 Servings
Nutrition Data, 62g Serving: 253 cal, 34g carb, 10g fat, 300mg sodium, 5g fiber, 9g protein, low Cholesterol. Estimated glycemic load 18
Ingredients:
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1/2 cup slivered blanched almonds
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 vegan vegetable bouillon cube
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
Directions:
- Soak the quinoa 15 minutes in cold water
- Stir the quinoa with your hand, pour off most of the water and drain through a fine mesh strainer
- Shake dry in the strainer, then set the strainer over a bowl or pitcher
- Heat a wide bottomed pan on medium heat and add the oil
- Stir and toast the sliced almonds until golden, then remove from pan
- Add the quinoa. Stir and toast until dry and turning color
- Add boiling water, veggie cube, salt, bay leaf and cinnamon stick, and dried cranberries
- Bring back to boil, cover, turn the heat to simmer, cook for 10 minutes or until all the water is absorbed
- Remove from heat and allow to sit five minutes with the lid on
- Fluff gently with a fork and serve
Cooking Tips: This quinoa stove top casserole cooks quickly because the almonds and quinoa are roasted, and then boiling water is added. The quinoa should be drained well before roasting.
Recipe Comments:
Quinoa Almond Cranberry Casserole is our favorite recipe. Thanks.- Linda B.
Good recipe! Didn't have almonds so used cashews and loved it. This is a keeper! - Anne P.
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