Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa
- 1/2 packages medium firm tofu,pressed and cubed
- 4 red,green,or yellow bell peppers
- 1 can unsalted tomatoes,diced
- 1 red onion, diced
- 2 scallions,chopped
- 2 stock celery,chopped
- 3 clove galric,thinly sliced
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 1/2 cup vegetable broth
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese
- 2 oz feta cheese
- 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 salt and black ground pepper ,to taste
- Cut the tops off the peppers and remove seeds,Save tops for later.
- Rinse the quinoa in cold water with strainer.
- In sauce pan heat the vegetable broth and add quinoa, bring to a simmer cook covered for 10 minutes.
- Heat 1 tbsp of the extra virgin olive oil in large skillet, add the tofu,and brown all sides of tofu; about 10 minutes.
- Remove tofu set on plate for later.
- Heat remaining extra virgin olive oil in the large skillet,add in onion, celery, garlic, and scallion.
- Cook until veggies are softened; about 10 minutes.
- Pre-heat oven to 350.
- Add in slightly drained can of tomatoes, quinoa, and tofu into the large skillet;mix everything together.
- Add salt and black pepper to taste.
- Place the peppers in greased cooking dish.
- Add some mozzarella to the bottom of the peppers.
- Fill 1/2 the pepper with skillet mixture; pressing down into pepper.
- Add in another layer of mozzarella.
- Fill the rest of the pepper with the skillet mixture.
- Top with more mozzarella.
- Place in oven; bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove from oven, sprinkle with feta.
- Set tops back on peppers; bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven; let cool and enjoy.
- (*ive also made these using racelte swiss in place of mozzarella and manchego in place of feta.
- that combination work just as well! )
firm tofu, red, unsalted tomatoes, red onion, scallions, celery, clove galric, quinoa, vegetable broth, mozzarella cheese, feta cheese, extra virgin olive oil, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/334890-stuffed-peppers-with-quinoa (may not work)