Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, quinoa broccoli cheese casserole. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Broccoli Quinoa Casserole - Healthy, cheesy comfort food without any of the guilt! This casserole is made completely from scratch with healthy ingredients - but have no fear - there's plenty of cheese, creaminess, toasted breadcrumbs for that extra crunch, and an overall balance of veggies and quinoa. If you're thinking the addition of quinoa is going to make this broccoli casserole take forever to prep, you're wrong!
Quinoa broccoli cheese casserole is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Quinoa broccoli cheese casserole is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa broccoli cheese casserole using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa broccoli cheese casserole:
- Get Quinoa
- Make ready vegetable bullion cube
- Get extra-virgin olive oil
- Prepare onion
- Take broccoli crowns
- Prepare sun-dried tomatoes OR black olives
- Make ready salt
- Get pepper
- Get cheddar cheese
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Steps to make Quinoa broccoli cheese casserole:
- PREP: Rinse quinoa in a sieve. Onion quartered and thinly sliced. Broccoli cut into bite-sized pieces. Tomatoes/olives sliced.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Simmer 3 cups water in a medium saucepan. Stir in quinoa and bullion cube, cover, and simmer gently until the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and sauté until golden. Add the broccoli and enough water to keep the skillet moist. Cover and steam until the broccoli is tender-crisp, about 5-7 minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the cooked quinoa with the broccoli mixture, dried tomatoes or olives, and half of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper and stir well.
- Transfer the mixture to a lightly-oiled, shallow 2-quart casserole dish. Sprinkle evenly with the remaining cheese. Bake until the top is golden and crisp, about 20-25 minutes. Let the casserole stand for 5 minutes, and serve.
Cheesy broccoli quinoa casserole made healthy! This version has protein-packed quinoa instead of instant rice, freshly grated cheddar cheese and a homemade sauce instead of canned soup. Last year I revamped my mom's healthy sweet potato casserole recipe.. Broccoli Cheese Quinoa Casserole is a twist on a favorite classic comfort-food casserole, Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole, because instead of rice, it uses high-protein, gluten-free quinoa to make it healthy yet For another cheesy chicken casserole, try my Cheesy Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta. Time (and energy) are things we are all lacking at some point, and that is when we give in to the urge to just grab some convenience foods and be done with it.
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