Quinoa with Courgette, Feta and Sumac
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Recipe type: Mains
Cuisine: Vegetarian
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Serves: 4
 
Healthy vegetarian main course with protein-packed quinoa, courgette and feta, with a lovely lemony twist from the sumac.
Ingredients
  • 800g courgettes
  • Olive oil
  • 3 onions, halved and sliced into half moons
  • ½ tsp thyme or lemon thyme, leaves only
  • 2 garlic cloves, mushed
  • 200g quinoa
  • Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • Half a lemon
  • 50g pine nuts
  • To serve
  • 100g feta
  • 1 tsp sumac
  • Salt & pepper
Instructions
  1. Cut the courgettes into thin slices on the diagonal. Heat the oil in a very large frying pan or wok over a medium heat. Add the onions, courgettes, thyme and season. Cook gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. The onions and courgettes will be breaking down and going golden. Add the garlic and continue to cook for another few minutes.
  2. At the same time, cook your quinoa. Measure out 200g in a measuring jug, then rinse under cold running water. Put in a saucepan with a tightly fitting lid, and add twice the volume of cold water. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a gentle simmer and cook until the water is just absorbed (about 10-12 minutes). The grains should still be al dente – not just a big mush. If you feel you’ve got your volumes wrong, you can always drain it in a sieve, no great loss.
  3. In a little frying pan, toast your pine nuts. They burn in the blink of an eye, so keep a careful watch on them.
  4. Add your quinoa and nuts to your courgette pan, and squeeze your half a lemon over the whole lot and scatter with the parsley. Serve with feta crumbled on top, and a good pinch of crimson sumac dusted over.
Recipe by Veggie Runners at https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/05/21/quinoa-with-courgette-feta-and-sumac/