Best Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms Recipes

STUFFED RED PEPPERS WITH QUINOA, MUSHROOMS, AND TURKEY

Steps:

• Bring water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add turkey and season with salt and pepper; cook and stir until turkey is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Transfer cooked turkey mixture to a large bowl. Add cooked quinoa, tomato sauce, and tomato paste. Stir well; add additional tomato sauce as needed, until filling has the consistency of a casserole.
• Arrange red bell peppers in a baking dish and spoon an equal amount of filling into each.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and top each stuffed pepper with Cheddar cheese. Continue baking until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes more.

QUINOA-FETA STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Cook 1/4 cup quinoa as the label directs, then spread on a baking sheet to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Remove the stems from 24 large cremini mushrooms.
• Wipe the caps clean with a damp paper towel, then toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt. Arrange on a baking sheet.
• Combine the cooled quinoa, 1/2 cup each chopped scallions and chopped toasted walnuts, 1/4 cup chopped dill and/or parsley, 1/3 cup crumbled feta and 2 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes in a bowl. Drizzle with olive oil, season with salt and toss. Divide among the mushroom caps.
• Bake until the mushrooms are tender and the filling is golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, then remove from the baking sheet.

QUINOA - STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Place quinoa in a bowl and fill with water swish around a few seconds. Let sit;.
• Separate mushroom caps from stems.
• Finely chop stems and measure out a generous 1/3 cup.
• Spray caps with olive oil spray inside and out. Set on baking sheet open side up
• Swish quinoa again and them drain in through a fine sieve strainer.
• Heat 1 tbs grape seed oil in a skillet over med-heat. Add leek, garlic and reserved mushroom stems, sautéing until fragrant. Stir in quinoa and broth. Bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer till liquid is absorbed and quinoa is tender, 8-10 minute.
• Stir in lemon juice, walnuts and parsley.
• Season to taste with salt.
• With a teaspoon, pack stuffing inside mushroom caps, mounding high.
• Roast till hot and fork tender, about 10 minute
• Serve hot or at room temperature.

QUINOA-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add quinoa and seafood seasoning. Season with black pepper. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature, about 15 minutes.
• While the quinoa is cooling, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add 1 chopped onion, bell pepper, and garlic; saute until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
• Transfer the onion mixture to a blender and puree until paste-like, adding water as needed.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in the same skillet over medium heat. Set mushroom caps aside for later, and add stems to the skillet with the remaining onion. Saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and remove from the heat.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Prepare stuffing by combining cooled quinoa, 4 tablespoons onion puree, onion-mushroom mixture, olives, spinach, arugula, and jalapeno peppers in a bowl; mix until well combined.
• Stuff quinoa mixture into the reserved mushroom caps and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until stuffing is hot and cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.

QUINOA STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• 1. In a large stock pot, saute onions, garlic, celery, cabbage, and parsley until tender and a bit dry.
• 2. Add the meatless crumbles, and the crumbled veggie patty, walnuts, spices, and the cooked quinoa. Mix gently and set aside.
• 3. Coat the bottom of a large baking pan with olive oil. Tear the cooled red peppers into strips. (Each pepper should yield eight strips).
• 4. Lay eight strips down on the bottom of the baking pan. Spread the spinach leaves on top of the red peppers. Sprinkle the cheese on top of the spinach. Place the mushrooms on top, with the hole side up.
• 5. Cover everything with the quinoa mix, making sure that the caps are nice and full of the mix.
• 6. Lay the remaining strips of red peppers on top of the mix. Bake at 350 for about 50 min.
• 7. There are several ways that you can roast peppers. The 'laziest' way is to put a sheet of parchment paper on a baking tray, spray the pepper with cooking spray and set the oven to 350. Put the peppers in, uncovered for about 45 minutes. When the peppers are about half done, turn them over. The skin is very hot!! When the pepper is exposed to air, and the skin peels away easily, it is done. Remove from the oven, and cover with a big bowl (to allow them to steam). After they cool, the skin will slip right off of them. You can also broil the peppers. I stand right next to my oven when I use this method, as the peppers burn very quickly. This method only takes about ten minutes, but be sure that all sides are darkened. Follow above directions after removing the peppers from the oven. The third way is done on the stove using a hot skillet. Just roll the peppers back and forth until they are blackened. Another way is to stick a fork in the pepper, hold over a gas flame until blackened. Follow as above. Or, you can pick up a jar of them from the grocery.
• 8. *I like to use the inner 'chunk' of cabbage since it is much sweeter. It is ok to use all of the green onion, white as well as green. My meatless brand of choice is Morning Star. Both the crumbles and the Garden Veggie patties can be found in the freezer section, in green packaging. The patties will add an extra bit of crunch, as they have water chestnuts in them. If you choose to use the flax seed, it doesn't change the taste the, but it will thicken the entire dish. I was going to use mozzarella cheese but was out. The Parmesan cheese worked fine. I wasn't going for a binder since the flax seed will do that.

ONION STUFFED WITH QUINOA AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Up to 6 hours before mealtime, place the quinoa in a stainer and rinse under cold running water for 1 minute. Fill a saucepan with water, add the quinoa and bouillon cube, and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, or until the quinoa is tender. Drain in a strainer and set aside.
• Peel the onion and cut about 1 inch off the top. Pop out the center of the onion, leaving just the 2 outer layers. (Cut an X in the center few rings of the onion from the top to the bottom and wiggle the knife around to remove the middle of the onion. It doesn't matter if the center of the onion gets broken up because you are chopping it anyway. Once you have the center out, use your fingers to remove the remaining rings, keeping the 2 outer layers intact.) Chop the inside of the onion into 1/2-inch pieces. Cut the ends off the mushroom stems, discard, and cut the mushrooms into quarters. Peel the carrot, cut in half lengthwise, then cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Trim and discard the ends of the celery, cut in half lengthwise, then cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Place the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms, chopped onion, carrot, and celery and cook, stirring frequently, for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the onion is soft. Stir together the quinoa and mushroom mixture and season with salt and pepper.
• Carefully separate the two large onion layers, keeping both intact, and place them in an 8-inch square baking pan. Spoon the quinoa mixture into each of the onion layers and cover with aluminum foil. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Cut the thick red stem out of the red chard leaves and rinse the leaves well. Place the still-wet chard leaves in the skillet and cook over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes, or until completely wilted. Remove from the heat, cool completely, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until ready to use.
• One hour and 15 minutes before mealtime, preheat the oven to 350°F. Leave the aluminum foil on the onion shells and bake for 1 hour, or until the quinoa is warmed through.
• Five minutes before mealtime, remove the plastic wrap from the chard and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, or until hot.
• Place some of the chard in the center of each plate and, using a spatula to keep in the quinoa, carefully top with a quinoa-filled onion shell. Serve immediately.
• Quinoa is a seed, not really a grain, though it's cooked and used like whole grains. It's very high in protein, and unlike wheat or rice, it contains a balanced set of essential amino acids, making it an unusually complete vegetarian source of protein. It's also a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron. Plus, it's gluten free and easy to digest. It has a nice mild, nutty flavor, too. What more could you want?