I have a lot of cookbooks. (What can I say, it’s a symptom of my book addiction!) But I’m not always great at getting around to following the recipes from those cookbooks.
What I do love is thumbing through my cookbooks for inspiration.
Which is how I can up with last’s night easy (but delicious) dinner of salmon and quinoa with sauteed asparagus and mushrooms.
Looking at an omelette recipe in Quinoa 365
How about you? Do you follow recipes exactly, or do you use your cookbooks more for inspiration?
Recipe below:
Quinoa:
Bring 3/4 cup quinoa and 1 1/2 cups water to boil in a medium saucepan. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. (Mine usually doesn’t take the full 20 minutes.) Add fresh ground pepper and sea salt to taste.
Sauteed asparagus and mushrooms:
I used two big hand fulls of Cremini mushrooms and a bunch of asparagus.
Heat olive oil in pan over medium high heat. Rinse and slice mushrooms and add to pan. Rinse asparagus, break off woody ends, and then break each stalk in half for more manageable pieces. Add to pan. Saute for 10 to 12 minutes (I put a lid on mine) stirring occasionally until asparagus reaches desired tenderness. Salt and pepper to taste.
I served mine alongside baked salmon, but the protein in quinoa would make this a perfect vegetarian or vegan dinner by itself.
Thanks for sharing. I have a bag of Quinoa languishing at the back of my cupboard (purchased in an enthusiastic phase of “trying new things” then realizing I didn’t know what to do with it!)
Love the sound of that recipe (and even have asparagus and mushrooms in the fridge….).