Quinoa Loaf

• 1 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup cashews, ground
• 1 cup carrot, grated
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup white button mushrooms, grated
• 1/4 cup soy sauce, unfermented
• 1/4 cup tahini (or flax seed mixture for the vegan version)
• 1 egg (for the non-vegan version)
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast flakes
• 1 lb tofu, firm
• vegetable broth, for sauteeing

1. Bring water to boil and add quinoa. Immediately cover and remove from heat. Do not uncover until ready to use.
2. Saute' onion, mushrooms, carrot, & celery until soft in a small amount of vegetable broth.
3. In large bowl, crumble tofu and combine with other ingredients including cooked quinoa.
4. Place in loaf pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray or you can use an 8 inch baking dish.
5. Cover and Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
6. Remove cover the last 10 minutes. Serve with a gravy made of mushroom soup mixed with sour cream. Or, you can use a brown gravy.

quinoa, water, cashews, carrot, onion, celery, white button mushrooms, soy sauce, tahini, egg, thyme, sage, garlic, nutritional yeast, vegetable broth

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/quinoa-loaf-379774 (may not work)