Stuffed Peppers

This dish took a little longer to complete, but the outcome was well worth the wait! I began by cooking a 50/50 mix of red and white quinoa as normal. I then diced up all of the veggies and lightly sauteed in vegetable broth, garlic, and salt and pepper. While those were cooking, I de-seeded the green bell peppers and placed them in a dish (I only had 3 peppers, but this could easily make 4!)
Once everything was cooked, I mixed the veggies and quinoa to get this beautiful mix:

I put the mix into the bell peppers (pictured above), and covered with store bought marinara sauce (I didn't have the time to make that, too! The marinara sauce from Pasta alla Norma would be perfect here if you have the time!), and placed them into a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.
The flavor was perfect, and the mix of quinoa and veggies was a good balance.

Stuffed Peppers
1/2 cup red quinoa
1/2 cup white quinoa
1 zucchini
1 zucchini squash
1 red bell pepper
1/2 orange bell peppers
1/2 container baby portabella mushrooms
3 green bell peppers (there was enough mix for 4)
3/4 cup marinara sauce

Banana-Nut Bread

STOP everything you're doing, gather the ingredients at the bottom of this page, and do yourself a favor and make this bread!!!

I've been looking around at different recipes and decided to combine a few and came up with an AMAZING combination! It's so simple- mush up the bananas, add the rest of the ingredients and throw into a greased bread pan in a 350 degree oven for 50 minutes. Then wait a few minutes to cool and enjoy!!

 This is the bread right out of the oven......

...and about 5 minutes later because it smelled too good I needed to taste!! =)


Banana-Nut Bread
3 bananas
1/3 c. vegan margarine
1/4 c. vegan sugar
2 c. unbleached flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 c almond milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1/4 c. chopped almonds
1/4 tsp apple pie spice  (mix of cinnamon/nutmeg mostly)