Quinoa with Balsamic Roasted Mushrooms
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 pear, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 1 garlic clove, halved
- 2 pounds portobello mushrooms, stemmed and gills scraped out
- 1 cup red or white quinoa
- 3 cups tightly packed fresh spinach, chopped
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Preheat the oven to 475°F.
Put vinegar, mustard, pear and garlic in a blender with 1/3 cup water and blend until smooth, about 1 minute, to make the dressing.
Cut mushrooms into chunks and combine in a large mixing bowl with 1/4 cup of the dressing.
Spread mushrooms in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast until tender, stirring occasionally, 20 to 30 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
While mushrooms roast, prepare quinoa.
In a medium pot, bring 1 3/4 cups water to a boil.
Stir in quinoa, cover pot, reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
Remove pot from heat and set aside, covered, 10 minutes more.
Uncover and fluff quinoa with a fork.
Combine mushrooms, quinoa, spinach, green onions, almonds, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup more dressing in a large, wide serving bowl.
Toss to coat, and serve with remaining dressing on the side.
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- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 pear, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 1 garlic clove, halved
- 2 pounds portobello mushrooms, stemmed and gills scraped out
- 1 cup red or white quinoa
- 3 cups tightly packed fresh spinach, chopped
- 4 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
- 1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper