Quinoa Pilaf With Cardamom and Sage

"This pilaf is hearty and high in protein, and tastes great as a cold quinoa salad the next day."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat olive oil in 1-quart saucepan over medium-high heat.
  • Add onions, and sauté until they begin to brown.
  • Lower heat to medium and add garlic and carrots.
  • Sauté for 1-2 minutes, then add quinoa, pepper, cardamom and sage.
  • Stir constantly for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add chicken or vegetable stock and salt, and bring to a boil.
  • Cover and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed and quinoa is tender.
  • Gently stir in raisins, cover and allow to sit for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add lightly toasted pine nuts, fluff with a fork, and serve.

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Reviews

  1. Made as recipe stated. Was too salty, would advise to cut salt down, or leave out completely. Would advise to add about 1/4 more quinoa. Would adjust the spices next time. Preferred it warm rather than cold.
     
  2. Just finished making this and am eating it as I type. YUMMY! Plan to serve it in tomatoes for lunch for a friend so I wanted it to have time for flavors to meld. Boy!, if it's any tastier than it is warm, I might faint! lol! Two small changes: I used toasted quinoa as I find the taste is enhanced, and I smashed some roasted almonds to use instead of pine nuts. This is sure worth making over and over again....and as you can tell from my own recipes, I have a "thing" for quinoa!
     
  3. Excellent--taste and presentation. Both for veggies and others too. Have made it several times already and will keep making it
     
  4. This dish is absolutely gorgeous. So easy to prepare and so yummy. I'm new to cooking and I use this recipe over and over again. Everybody loves it. The flavors are just incredible, it's kind of like a paella. I really enjoy eating it. I also use veg broth to make it vegan. Thank you for posting it.
     
  5. Yum! I used vegetable broth because I'm vegan. So good. My whole family loved it. Great hot or cold.
     
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Read my gluten-free blog <a href="http://glutenfreebay.blogspot.com/">here</a>. I love cooking and always have. I learned how to cook as a young kid and I've worked as a prep cook for a catering company and for a restaurant though I am no longer working in that industry. Being a food lover, it was an unpleasant surprise to develop major food intolerances within the past few years. I've been 100% gluten-free since 07/06 out of medical necessity and am cutting down on dairy and soy since they make me ill in large quantities. I'm also working on becoming kosher. So, you'll see reflected in my recipes my recent interest in developing recipes that are both kosher and suitable for people with food allergies, without sacrificing taste. And there's lots of good stuff in my cookbooks for those of you with no food allergies, too, of course! My areas of specialty are gluten-free baking and cooking, dairy substitution, vegan and vegetarian dishes, and Jewish cooking.
 
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