Quinoa italian style
7 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Minced Onions |
| 2 | Cloves Garlic minced | |
| ½ | pounds | Ground lean top round Or Harvest Burger per inst. |
| 2 | 8 oz. Cans Tomato Sauce | |
| 1 | Can 16 oz Tomatoes Or 4 chopped fresh | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Low Sodium Salt |
| 2 | teaspoons | Dried Oregano |
| 3 | teaspoons | Chopped fresh Basil 2 tsp dried |
| ½ | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 3 | cups | Cooked Quinoa |
| ¼ | pounds | Part Skim Ricotta Cheese |
| ¼ | pounds | Low-Fat Mozzarella Cheese |
| Parmesan Cheese several shakes | ||
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees if baking.
In a large nonstick skillet, saute the onion and garlic until cooked. Add the ground meat or Harvest Burger and water, tomato sauce, tomatoes, salt, oregano, sweet basil, and sugar and simmer until the ingredients are just cooked, or slightly underdone.
In a casserole, layer the sauce and quinoa, dollop some of the ricotta, sprinkle on some of the mozzarella and do another layer so that there are two
or three with sauce on top. Sprinkle on the Parmesan cheese and Microwave for
10 minutes or bake for about 35. Serve hot.