Hello luvs,
Michelle and I enjoyed a simple gluten-free dish last week. We have been a little obsessed with it. We had a bunch of tri-colored quinoa on hand and decided to try baking quinoa as a pie. Unsure of what it would turn out like… we watch the oven with our fingers crossed.
As the final result came out we cheered in excitement!
After a little debate on what to call it we agreed on baked quinoa pie.
Pure2raw: Baked Quinoa Pie
Ingredients:
- 2 cups tri-color quinoa ( we sprouted ours, and you may use any quinoa you have)
- 1 3/4 cup pumpkin seed milk (we made our own, you can use any non-dairy or milk of your choice)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 2 small garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 3-4 tbsp flax meal (helps hold it together)
- small handful fresh parsley (about 1/4 cup)
- 1 tbsp dijon mustard (we used an organic gluten-free mustard)
Directions:
We have noticed when making cooked quinoa from sprouted quinoa we like it with less water than the typical 2:1 ratio. But feel free to cook your quinoa the way you like it. **our quinoa was not as soft as we normally would have cooked it, we wanted to have a little crunchy, chewy texture for this dish.
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook your quinoa with non-dairy milk and water. Once quinoa is about done add in your sea salt, garlic, nutritional yeast, parsley and mustard. Stir till all combined. *we cooked our quinoa for about 12-15 minutes.
Lightly oil your pie shell with some coconut oil. Than pour your cooked quinoa into pie shell. Place in oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
There you have if friends a simple gluten-free vegan meal ready in under an hour!
This dish is easy enough to make a head of time and just reheat! Plus you can add in your favorite spices and mustard! Have a little fun with it.
Baked quinoa pie is great on salads too!
We devoured this pie probably more quickly than we should have, haha.
We just loved it. We hope you will love it too! Another great pie recipe is our Lentil Pie.
Twins Question: Are you a mustard fan? Nutritional yeast fan? What gluten-free dish is your favorite to make with quinoa? Do you like the tri-colored quinoa?
well we are off, have a busy day today have to get a lot of work done before tomorrow…. and I get to pick Gary up from airport tonight! So excited for this weekend we have a friends wedding to attend!
till next time,
Lori
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I love the limited number of ingredients in the recipe and it looks/sounds so delicious! I bet it is perfect paired with a salad!! Can’t wait to try!
Have a great day! Thanks for a fabulous recipe!
Thanks Liz – hope you enjoy the recipe!
what a genius recipe! am going to put it on my FB wall so i remember to make it!
Aww thanks so much Lynn
Whoa this looks awesome. I have dinner plans tonight, but you better believe this is on my to-make list as soon as I get back in my kitchen!
Thanks Katherine, hope you have a great night
What a cool idea! I must try this. Looks like a tasty snack to eat along with a meal. I love quinoa and nutritional yeast!
Thanks Heather, yes quinoa and nutritional yeast are the best
That’s so cool – I love how it holds together. And the tricolored quinoa is so pretty
what a GORGEOUS dish!
oh this is another one for the books, i love that its in pie form!
Yes, I’m a huge fan mustard & nutritional yeast. I add both ingredients to a lot of my vegan dishes to give them a richer “cheesier” flavor. Your pie looks awesome. I really love quinoa and mostly use it on my salads in the summer or with some oven roasted veggies & a good sauce during the colder months.
Nikki we love them together too for their cheesy flavor
Wow–what a great “pie”! I recently got some Himalayan pink salt and organic peppercorns from Sustainable Sourcing https://secure.sustainablesourcing.com and I’ll have to try them out in this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
It looks like cornbread…in quinoa form!
haha
genius idea with quinoa- esp. as it’s otherwise such a bland grain. i’m going to try this- subbing the flax for an egg!
WOW, you are genius! I love quinoa, I love mustard, and well, I love pie!
I really like a warm “something” to top a salad, this looks perfect!
oh cool! tri-coloured quinoa looks fab! I’ve never seen it before but it’s so pretty! fab idea putting it on salads
This looks wonderful, gorgeous pics! I’m a huge mustard and nutritional yeast fan, I made a “cheese” sauce using both last night. I like just about every quinoa recipe I’ve tried so far.
This looks awesome! I’m definitely going to try it. I love nutritional yeast and mustard….
I don’t have any fave quinoa recipe yet…I think I like them all!
i just bought quinoa today and HAVE to try this! i haven’t been able to find nutritional yeast around where i live (australia) so would you happen to have any recommendations on what to substitute? thank you <3
Joanne – the nutritional yeast was to help with flavor, and give a cheezy feel and taste, you could use a nut flour, a little tahini would work just maybe 2-3 tbsp, or even some type of cheese would work too. Hope you are able to make it
That is so pretty. It looks like it would be a great base for other things too, like a pizza crust with some tomato and zucchini on top. Yum. I have to try this.
Great idea Heather, we will have to try out as different things.
This looks so fabulous! I love casserole type of dishes!
Lovely!
Thank you Tine
Amazing!!! I love quinoa and I know is not easy create new things with this grain. I’m new in your blog, and it looks absolutely interesting, if you’d be interested in possibly swaping guest posts, please get in touch and maybe we can work together.
I just made this for a my portable dinner tonight, and I had a tiny bite. SO GOOD. I can’t wait to play around with it and vary the flavors in the future. Thanks so much for a fantastic recipe!
Awesome Sarah!! glad you liked it
This is a great recipe that has few ingredients, is gluten and dairy-free. Both of which I have an intolerance to, so finding recipes that actually taste good is not easy! Besides the great taste, it looks pretty!! Thank you SO much for posting it!!
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Thank you Ava, hope you like it! All of our recipes here on the blog are gluten free and dairy free
thanks for explaining! i will try it out and see how it goes
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