Scrumptious lunch today: fresh broccoli stir-fried with ginger, red peppers, garlic, and onions over yellow pasta made from corn and quinoa. The colors were gorgeous, as you can see!
Here’s how I made it:
- Ancient Harvest brand corn and quinoa spaghetti-style pasta, cooked according to package instructions. If you’re not hip to quinoa (pronounced “keen-wa”), it’s considered the queen of grains and it’s packed with protein. Other whole grain pastas to try are ones made from spelt and whole wheat. They’re much healthier than ”enriched” white flour pastas, which are actually robbed of most nutrients and fiber.
- While the pasta’s cooking, stir-fry chopped red onions, 3 cloves of garlic, chopped ginger (I love ginger, so I chopped about a thumb’s worth of ginger root), chopped red bell pepper, and chopped broccoli.
- I like my broccoli slightly tender, but still crunchy and bright green, so I only stir-fried for about 5-10 minutes at the most.
- Drain the noodles and add the vegetable stir-fry on top.
- I seasoned with Bragg Liquid Amino, nutritional yeast, and cayenne pepper. I also added some grilled tofu cubes leftover from yesterday at the last minute. Some cashew pieces would have been nice, too.
So there you have it. A light, flavorful, and satisfying meal. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
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I bought all of the ingredients and will be making this recipe this weekend!!! Yum.
Wonderful! Let me know how it turns out.
I made this recipe tonight!!! YUM!
I tweeked it a little. I bought the package of fresh vegetables from Whole foods market which included, broccoli, red and yellow peppers, zuccini and cauliflower. I sauteed the veggies in olive oil, garlic, ginger and sea salt. Placed sauteed veggies on top of the pasta!
I really like the quinoa pasta. Much lighter and more flavorful than regular pasta.
Luckily, I made enough for leftovers tomorrow!!
Thanks for such a fabulous vegan recipe.
Oh I forgot! With the olive oil, garlic, ginger and sea salt, I also added a mixture of dried rosemary and oregano herbs!
Hey, Tam. That sounds divine, especially with the rosemary and oregano. Thanks for letting us know how you added your own twist to it! Yummy!