Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Posted in Recipes on 15.10.2019

Quinoa and Tenderstem Broccoli Bake

prep: 15 mins / cook: 55 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 1 hour 10 mins / quantity: 2-4 portions Print recipe?

Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com
Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

Looking for an easy week night meal that’s hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that’s packed full of veggies, protein and flavour!

Because just like that it was autumn.  Not that I’m complaining as autumn is my very favouritest season.  Chilly dog walks, thick jumpers, fuzzy socks, hot chocolate and bowls of warm and deliciously filling comfort food like this broccoli bake fresh from the oven.

Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

And it’s just what you want when you need something quick and tasty as this couldn’t be simpler.  I also tried so hard to make this a one dish meal but not par-boiling the broccoli before putting it in the dish is a bad idea.  So don’t be tempted to skip that step.  I tried and failed at that already for you 😉

I thought the liquid that you use would also cook the broccoli.  Nu-uh.  All you get is tough, woody stalks in an otherwise soft textured dish and it’s NOT a nice combination.  At all.

Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

You can layer up the ingredients into the dish in pretty much any order you like.  It all cooks together to become one unctuous rustic mess anyway!

We’ve got:

  • Veggies – broccoli, spring onions and peppers.
  • Lentils – for tonnes of flavour and protein oomph.
  • Quinoa – healthy as healthy can be.  Filling too.
  • Liquid stuff – veg stock to fluff up the quinoa, plant milk (I used oat) for a touch of creaminess.
  • For flavour – pesto, mustard, vegan cheese.
Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com
Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

One thing you won’t want to forget for this broccoli bake though is the oaty crumble topping.  This goes all lovely and crisp and gives a wonderful crunchy contrast to the vegetable casserole underneath.

Craving more comfort food?  Here are a few of our favourites:

Do you have autumn and winter favourite dishes that you make time and time again?  I love having a pot of something bubbling away to be devoured later with a thick hunk of home-made bread!

Looking for an easy weeknight meal that's hearty, warming and delicious? Try this quinoa and broccoli bake that's packed full of veggies, protein and flavour! #veganmeals #quinoa #broccoli #easyveganrecipes #bakedbroccoli | Recipe on thecookandhim.com

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Quinoa and Tenderstem Broccoli Bake

prep: 15 mins / cook: 55 mins / inactive: 0 mins / total: 1 hour 10 mins / quantity: 2-4 portions

Ingredients

Broccoli Bake:

  • 10 stalks (220g) tenderstem broccoli
  • 1 tblsp vegan spread or softened butter
  • 1/2 red pepper – roughly diced
  • 8 spring onions – thinly sliced
  • 1 cup (200g) uncooked Hodmedods two colour quinoa
  • 1 + 1/2 cups (300g) cooked Hodmedods olive green lentils (see note)
  • 1 cup (85g) vegan cheddar style cheese – grated
  • 2 cups (500ml) vegetable stock
  • 1 cup (250ml) unsweetened plant milk – I used oat milk
  • 2-3 tblsp vegan pesto
  • 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
  • large pinch salt and a few good grinds of pepper

Oaty Crumble:

  • 1 cup (100g) Hodmedods jumbo oats
  • 2 tblsp nutritional yeast
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp dried oregano

Instructions

  1. Cook the broccoli in boiling water for 4-5 minutes until just starting to soften. Drain
  2. Preheat your oven to 180 Fan / 200 C / 400 F / Gas 6 and generously butter the base and sides of a 12 x 8 inch (30 x 21 cm) ovenproof dish
  3. Lay the broccoli across the base of the dish and scatter over the chopped pepper and spring onions
  4. Add the quinoa, lentils and grated cheese
  5. Whisk together the stock, milk, pesto, mustard, salt and pepper and pour into the dish
  6. Bake for 15 minutes
  7. While it's baking, stir together all the ingredients for the oat crumble
  8. Carefully remove the dish from the oven and evenly scatter over the crumble mixture
  9. Return to the oven and bake for a further 30-35 minutes until the quinoa is cooked and fluffy

Notes

  • To cook the lentils, rinse then cover with water, bring to the boil and simmer for 20-25 minutes until plump and soft
Quinoa and Tenderstem Broccoli Bake

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