🍆🌱Roasted Aubergine with Crispy Quinoa - VEGAN!🌱🍆
It is a public holiday here in SA tomorrow, and I am so excited to just take the day to chill and do whatever I want! Winter is approaching and I am so enjoying the cooler evenings.
Last night I was trying to think of something warm and comforting to make for dinner, that's healthy and hearty. Sometimes a hard combination to come by. 😉😉
I had recently made a delicious dish of sweet potatoes topped with crispy mince, but was wanting something lighter and meat free, and so my Roasted Aubergine with Crispy Quinoa was born!
The roasted aubergine becomes smokey and caramelised, and the toasted quinoa gives the dish a lovely, almost nutty crunch. I chose to make a baby tomato and spring onion salsa, with a small drizzle of greek yoghurt. This can of course be submitted for something like vegan tzatziki for a completely plant based dish.
So, without further ado, I present my new favourite dinner dish 🌟
Serves Two
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
- 2 medium aubergines
- 1 cup cooked quinoa
- handful baby tomatoes, chopped finely
- 2 spring onions, sliced finely
- Greek yoghurt, to serve
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 200'C/392'F.
Cut the aubergines in half, lengthwise, and score them in a crosshatch fashion. Drizzle generously with olive oil, and season with salt, pepper and dried oreganum. Lay on a baking tray and roast for about half an hour, or until soft and caramel coloured.
Once cooked, move to the bottom rack of the oven to keep warm. Spread your cooked quinoa over a baking tray and turn the oven to grill. Grill until crunchy, about five minutes.
In the meantime, chop your tomatoes and onions.
Once the quinoa is crunchy, pack neatly on top of the aubergines. Serve with the salsa and Greek yoghurt.
Easy as pie!
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All I can say is "Totally Yum"!!!! We will be trying this recipe for sure!!! We always use plin greek yogurt instead of sour cream at our house. Kids don't even know the different.
What trickery is this?! I do it to Mork too.
Gotta make them healthy changes 💓
We call them eggplant, and I'm not generally a big fan. But this looks so tasty I think I'll have to give them a try.
Thanks for a great looking meal.
Oh, lord! Eggplant is Lyf!
I eat prob four a week 😂
Let me know if you do make the recipe
Ohhh thank you soooo much for the "dedication" ♥ you are such a sweetie! Your recipe is so easy to make and I really Iike Aubergines ( I know them as eggplants, and in Romania we call them vinete). Anyways, this is what I like at this kind of food: you can have them as a main dish or you can have it as a side dish with some other things. Yummy! ♥ ♥
It’s such a pleasure. We’ve gotta support our minnows, keep them on the platform 💓
I'll stay here as much as I can!:X
I lurve aubergine , looks delish!
Very delicious with roasted aubergine ! One of my favourite foods!!
Mine too. I eat it a lot
Thanks for your comment
I'm not a real food addict, @princessmewmew, But I am very happy to see the red color of tomatoes and Greek youghurt, these two recipes have tempted me to taste this food. 😘
I’m glad you like. Thanks for stopping by
Dish is looking very delicious how many time us required for this dish @princessesmewmew
Thank you so much. It takes about forty minutes in total
This look wonderful and it's easy @princessmewmew 🍆😍
I love the eggplant, this recipe I love and if it takes eggplant even more than it looks very healthy
Exactly! Thanks for stopping by x
The roasted eggplant is very rich, I like to put it on the grill and to brown a little I like the smoky flavor that it takes, I liked this recipe I will try, greetings
Yes, me too! Let me know how it goes 💜