It's Pizza... No, It's Quinoa... No, It's Pizzaquinoa!

So, I made this Pizza Quinoa casserole...

 

 

It was the PERFECT start to a 4 day weekend!  What flavour!  Excellent!

And, now since I have a bit more time to type tonight, I will take advantage of that and rant for a bit.  I think all of my friends, and I now that I think about it, have senioritis.  It's bad, and the year is not even half overwith yet.  I feel like my emotions inside are kind of rolling around, like a giant wad of tangled thread.  It's like of weird - I'm either laughing or about to cry or both.  I'll stop now, and move on to food...  so I don't get too depressed.

 

Adapted from Food Doodles

 

In a casserole dish, combine:

• 1/2 cup dried quinoa, cooked with 1 cup water
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped and sauteed
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped and sauteed
• 1/3 red bell pepper, finely chopped and sauteed
• 3 tbsp home made ketchup (heavenly stuff - use stevia for the sucanat to reduce calories)
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp each freshly chopped basil and oregano
• 1 tsp sumac
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 2 tbsp nooch
• a few drops liquid stevia

 

bake at 350 for 20 minutes or so

Corn Salad and ... Date-Coffee Pancakes

Well, I'm still catching up here, so I couldn't manage to dig up a picture for the salad.  Perhaps my camera ran out of power or something..

 

 

Anyhoo, I couldn't give you a post without pictures, now, could I?  So, thus, I give you pancakes and corn salad.  Which TOTALLY makes sense.  Right?  Right.

 

 

Pancakes adapted from The Tolerant Vegan

 

In a small bowl, mix together:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 tbsp baking blend stevia
• 1/2 banana, mashed
• 1 cup nondairy milk
• 1 tbsp instant coffee
• 1/4 cup chopped dates

Make like you normally make pancakes.  Makes 2, 322 calorie servings

 

Corn Salad adapted from One Green Planet

 

Mix together:

• Cooked corn from 2 ears
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into strips, cooked on a panini press
• 1 small onion, sliced, cooked on a panini press
• 2 tbsp chopped sun-dried tomatoes
• 2 tbsp vegetable broth
• a splash of cider vinegar
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• chopped fresh oregano
• liquid smoke
• 1 cup red kidney beans