Today for Lunch I had planned on going to go and try one of the Vegan restaurant downtown...OM GARDEN, But it's such a beautiful day that I did not want to waste 1h30 sitting inside a restaurant.... I'd rather be at the beach... So I opened my fridge and made up a quick lunch with leftovers ...
And it ended up very good : )
Ingredients for 2 persons :
- 1.5 cup of Cooked Quinoa ( or as much as you want )
- 1 squash
- 1 zucchini
- 1 cup of diced raw eggplant
- 2 button mushroom
- 1/2 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup of organic marinara sauce
- Olive oil
- Basil
( you can use any veggies really... those are what i had in the fridge )
Preparation:
Dice the eggplant in big pieces and set it in the microwave, full power for 2minutes ( its a secret way of cooking eggplant and so far I haven't found better ! )
Dice all the other veggies, all at approximately the same size.
First put some olive oil in the pan, warm it up, and sauteed the carrots first. then add the eggplant ( make sure it roasts on each side ), the zucchini, squash and mushrooms.
Sautee them all together until golden. Add chopped fresh basil, salt and pepper to taste.
When done, add the marinara sauce ( I love the Whole foods market brand for the organic marinara sauces ) and heat it up.
Place quinoa in a bowl, top it with the veggies and decorate with some fresh basil leaves.
VOILA !
Bon appetit !
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