I picked up my CSA and got a beautiful butternut squash that I felt the need to immediately use. This, along with spinach from my CSA, got thrown together with cheese and quinoa to make this beautiful and satisfying vegetarian meal.
Quinoa Butternut Squash
Servings
3 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 large Butternut squash
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 bunch fresh spinach
- 1/2 cup Grated fresh mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Slice butternut squash in half, put on a cookie tray, sliced side down and roast for 45 minutes.
- While the butternut squash is roasting, combine salt, water and quinoa in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 minutes or until almost all of the water is absorbed.
- Wash and steam spinach. Grate cheese.
- Combine cheese, spinach and quinoa in a bowl and, when the butternut squash is roasted through, dice into 1/2 inch blocks and stir into the quinoa mixture, preferably hot so that the cheese melts through.
two of my favorite ingredients! yum!