Quinoa Italian Style
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Course : Side Dishes
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 7
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  minced onions
  2             cloves  garlic minced
     1/2         pound  ground lean top round or harvest burger
                        -- per inst.
  2         8 oz. cans  tomato sauce
  1          16 oz can  tomatoes or 4 chopped fresh
  1           teaspoon  low sodium salt
  2          teaspoons  dried oregano
  3          teaspoons  chopped fresh basil 2 tsp dried
     1/2      teaspoon  sugar
  3               cups  cooked quinoa
     1/4         pound  part skim ricotta cheese
     1/4         pound  low-fat mozzarella cheese
                        parmesan cheese several shakes
 

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees if baking. In a large nonstick skillet, saute the onion and garlic until cooked. Add the ground meat or Harvest Burger and water, tomato sauce, tomatoes, salt, oregano, sweet basil, and sugar and simmer until the ingredients are just cooked, or slightly underdone. In a casserole, layer the sauce and quinoa, dollop some of the ricotta, sprinkle on some of the mozzarella and do another layer so that there are two or three with sauce on top. Sprinkle on the Parmesan cheese and Microwave for 10 minutes or bake for about 35. Serve hot.

 

Nutritional Information:

32 Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 424mg Sodium