Delicious and healthy, here’s how to make Butternut squash with quinoa and smoked tofu
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Practical information
- Total time: 20 min
- Preparation time: 20 min
- Number of people: 6
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Type of cooking: Oven
- Calories: 280
- Type: Flat
- Category: Beverage
- Nutritional criteria: Rich in fiber, Lactose free, Egg free, Oilseed free
Preparation
- Rinse the quinoa and pour it into a saucepan with twice its volume of water. cook for 10 minutes, turn off the heat and leave to swell, covered, for 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C ° (th. 6). Cut the squash in half, remove their seeds. Brush the flesh with olive oil with a brush and bake for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the shallots and brown them in olive oil. Add the quinoa and diced tofu. Salt, cook for 10 minutes, then garnish the squash with this mixture. return to the oven for 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Health tips
Rich in good quality vegetable proteins, quinoa also provides many trace elements such as magnesium and potassium. Combined with tofu, it increases the amount of protein provided by the recipe.