red quinoa salad with seitan.

Hello my lovely readers, it’s been light years since we have written/posted/updated. We’ve become lazy, hibernating bears and although we have been cooking tasty meals, I’ve yet to gather the energy to post them on our abandoned food blog. Alas, here we are. I’ve got almost 8 recipes to post but I figured I’d start with something simple and something I cook quite often.

Shawn and I have moved a few months ago to a lovely little horse farm with a large island in the kitchen with plenty of space to whip up magical things. We have been trying out a half vegetarian diet for quite some time now ( eating meat as little as possible, and if we do, try to eat only organic). It’s been pretty successful and I’ve been enjoying all the options vegetarianism/veganism has to offer. Seitan is a great meat substitute and I add it to numerous dishes when I can. This meal is quick and filling.

Ingredients:

1 cup Organic Red Quinoa ( trader joes)

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup vegetable broth

I cooked the quinoa in a rice cooker. It cooks the same as rice, easy enough right?

1 package of cubed seitan

1 cup grape tomatoes

1/2 chopped red onion

handful of fresh pea shoots

olive oil

lemon juice

sea salt

black pepper

Sriracha for heat

Heat the seitan in a pan. Once quinoa is cooked, toss all items in a large bowl, drizzling olive oil and lemon juice. Dinner is served. High in protein, low in fat, you can’t ask for more.

26 January 2011