Creamy Sweet Spice Quinoa
Servings Prep Time
8servings 20minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Servings Prep Time
8servings 20minutes
Cook Time
30minutes
Ingredients
Quinoa
  • 2cups rinsed quinoa
  • 4cups water
  • pinch kosher salt
Sweet Spice Soup
  • olive oil
  • 3cloves garlic
  • 2 medium yellow onions
  • 1 small sweet potatowith peel
  • 3 medium tomatoes
  • 1/2-1 butternut squash
  • appx 2cups milkadd milk until veggies just blend in blender, maintain thick consistency
  • 1/4-1/2tsp cardamomto taste–start small and add
  • 1/4-1/2tsp nutmegto taste–start small and add
  • 1/4-1/2tsp cinnamonto taste–start small and add
  • saltto taste
Instructions
Quinoa
  1. To cook Quinoa: Rinse 2 cups quinoa. Bring to boil in pot on stove 2 cups quinoa and 4 cups water. Reduce to simmer and cook for 15-20 minutes, until soft and translucent and most of the water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork.
Sweet Spice Soup
  1. To cook Sweet Spice Soup: Rinse and chop veggies into chunks approximately one inch or so. Put olive oil in wok or large pan over medium heat and sauté onions and garlic for a few minutes. Then add the other veggies and cook until soft. Throw all the veggies into a blender with just enough milk for a thick consistency, spices, and salt, and blend until smooth.Enjoy! *Preparing butternut squash is quite easy. Cut off ends, cut lengthwise, scoop seeds out, slice into eighths lengthwise and steam in steaming basket over 1 inch water in covered pan on stove unit soft, then peel. Or, cut into chunks, peel, and throw into wok or large pot with the other veggies. In this case, I steamed two butternut squash and stored the extra in the fridge for future use.
Put It All Together
  1. Combine 1 1/2 cup cooked quinoa and 1 cup Sweet Spice Soup (also see Sweet Spice Soup recipe on our website drjohnday.com for instructions) Top with freshly ground pepper and parmesan cheese