My life has been revolutionized by my Vita Mix. What a wicked piece of kitchen equipment. I just love it. I have had it for about a week now and it hardly gets a rest when i am at home.
Quinoa Ring -
1/2 bag of Quinoa (I used white, but you can use red just as well)
Water to cover and cook quinoa (i did not measure it)
Veg Stock (i used powdered)
Mixed veggies, such as:
Tomatoes x2 large
Spinach - 1 large handful (washed)
1/2 a peeled onion
Some worcester sauce or braggs aminos
Method -
Cook quinoa for 25 mins in a covered pan until water has mostly absorbed and quinoa tails are showing. (They say to wash it first - i am too lazy).
Then leave to cool.
In the vita mix, whizz up the veggies (can be a mix of any, but you do not want a huge amount, just enough to flavour the quinoa).
Once blitzed to a puree, mix with the warm quinoa.
Oil a ring mould (or a cake tin, deep dish etc.,) and press the quinoa into the ring mould.
Bake in the oven at 160c for about an hour. Leave to cool.
Place a plate on top of the ring mould and turn out. If it breaks up, to hell with it - its still a yummy pile of quinoa, if not, look all proud and cocky. (I was amazed that mine came out looking so good, but do not tell anyone).
Sauce - Easy - In the Vitamix, blend -
1 quartered apple,
large tin of chopped tomatoes
1 onion
1 large clove of garlic
1 carrot in pieces
squeeze of tomato puree
2 sticks of celery
Chilli sauce (optional - but i like it tangy)
Heat and serve over the quinoa ring with some salad or veggies.
This is good hot or cold.
Today i had it cold in my lunchbox with some flagelot (sp?) beans mixed in to the tomato sauce and a hanful of baby spinach leaves with some garlic dressing on them. (Yum but anti-social, but i am not kissing my clients am i?)
PS - I said bake, but actually i did this in a bain-marie (a water bath). I just popped the ring mould into a baking tray and half filled it with boiling water.
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