I was definitely in the Halloween spirit this week, but not feeling terribly original I guess. First I made a snakewich (concept stolen from Better Homes and Gardens) and now I've gone and robbed pepperjacks from a blogger named spabettie. But can you blame me? Really, they're just so cute. I couldn't help myself. And the quinoa cooked in the carrot-ginger juice tastes really fresh and delicious. Plus it's good for you (that was just a happy accident).
CARROT-GINGER QUINOA PEPPER JACKS
Yield: 2
1/2 cup dry black quinoa
1 cup carrot-ginger juice (5 carrots + 1-inch piece ginger, juiced)
1 cup cooked black beans
2 orange bell peppers
sea salt
spinach salad for serving (optional)
1. Combine quinoa and carrot-ginger juice in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 20 minutes.
2. Preheat oven to 350º F.
3. Hollow out and carve the peppers to resemble jack-o-lanterns.
4. Combine cooked quinoa with black beans and salt to taste.
5. Fill peppers and bake for 30 minutes.
6. Serve over spinach salad if desired.
from spabettie
carrots and ginger |
carrot-ginger juice |
black quinoa I think this would also taste/look good with black forbidden rice. |
quinoa and carrot-ginger juice in pan |
cooked quinoa with black beans mixed in |
filling a pepper |
filled pepper jacks, before baking |
baked See what I mean, the one on the left looks like he just ate expired clams from a gas station. |
4 comments:
Expired clams from a gas station, hahahah!
This is really very good. I ate it last night and my only lament was that I ate too much of the soup and couldn't eat it all. Yum!
My 3 year old took one look at it and declared Susan a "genius" because it looked just like a Jack-o-Lantern. I agree, she's a genius.
I wish everyone was as easy to impress as you guys (although I can see why a 3-year-old might feel that way)!
And yes, Virginia, there is black quinoa.
Everything about this post cracked me up. I am pinning these adorable things. Gas station clams - I feel a little ill myself.
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