Quinoa Loaf

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup cashews, ground
• 1 cup carrot, grated
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup button mushrooms, grated
• 1/4 cup soy sauce, unfermented
• 1/4 cup tahini (or flax seed mixture for the vegan version)
• 1 egg (for the non-vegan version)
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast flakes
• 1 lb tofu, firm
• vegetable broth, for sauteeing

Recipe

• 1 bring water to boil and add quinoa. immediately cover and remove from heat. do not uncover until ready to use.
• 2 saute' onion, mushrooms, carrot, & celery until soft in a small amount of vegetable broth.
• 3 in large bowl, crumble tofu and combine with other ingredients including cooked quinoa.
• 4 place in loaf pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray or you can use an 8 inch baking dish.
• 5 cover and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
• 6 remove cover the last 10 minutes. serve with a gravy made of mushroom soup mixed with sour cream. or, you can use a brown gravy.