Sunday, October 19, 2014

Lentil quinoa stew, garlic broccolini and homemade bread

Quinoa Lentil Stew
Serves 2-3

1 small onion
1 tbsp oil
4 carrots diced
4 garlic cloves minced
6 cups veggie stock
1/2 cup lentils
1/2 cup quinoa
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup cilantro minced
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
juice of 1/2 lime (optional)

Saute onions in oil until clear.  Add carrots and garlic and saute for 5 minutes.  Add stock, lentils, quinoa, basil, oregano, salt and pepper.  Bring to a boil.  Then simmer for 20-25 minutes until lentils are soft.

Garlic Broccolini:
2 servings:
Saute 1 bunch of broccolini (chopped) with 2 tbsp minced garlic, until they turn bright green.

Homemade bread:
4-5 servings:
2 1/4 tsp of dry active yeast
1/4 cup warm water
2 tbsp sugar
3 cups of water
5 cups of flour (or however much necessary to knead the dough, I used a combination of wheat and oat 3 to 2)
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tbsp oil
Mix yeast, sugar and water together in a small bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.  Combine ingredients apart from water and flour.  Then add 1 cup of flour to 1 cup of water, and keep adding flour and water until its an ideal workable consistency.  Knead dough and place in a bowl to rise for 1 hour.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly oil a pan.  Brush the top of the loaf with oil. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.  

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