Roasted Mushroom with Herby Quinoa is one of the easiest meals that you can make with yourself with just Quinoa, Mushrooms, few herbs of your choice, garlic, and green onions.
1tablespoonfreshly chopped parsleymore for garnish
½cupchopped green onion
2teaspoonslemon juicefreshly squeezed
¼cupshredded parmesan cheese
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INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F or 220 degrees C.
Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Add mushrooms and coat them in olive oil, salt, cracked black pepper, and Italian seasoning. Roast in Hot oven for 15-20 minutes flipping halfway until soft and tender.
First, soak quinoa in cool water for 5-minutes. Rinse under cool water and then, sieve it using a fine mesh. Soaking improves its texture and removes the bitter outer coating - saponin.
Place quinoa in a skillet. Toast for about a minute until it turns nutty and slightly dark.Once your quinoa is toasted add cooking liquid. Water or Chicken stock or vegetable stock.First, bring it to a quick boil over high heat. Then reduce the heat and simmer for 15-minutes or until the all of the water gets completely soaked. Fluff with a fork.
In a skillet heat some olive oil. Add minced garlic cloves, chopped parsley, and Italian seasoning. Sear until the garlic becomes fragrant for about a minute. Add chopped green onions, salt, and freshly cracked pepper. Toss lightly until the onions are cooked.
add cooked quinoa and toss well until combined. Squeeze some lemon juice and stir in some freshly shredded parmesan cheese.
Finally, serve this with roasted mushrooms. Garnish with freshly chopped parsley.