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Quinoa with Sundried tomatos

Quinoa with Pesto sauce and Sun-dried tomatoes

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Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup (packed) sun-dried tomatoes
  • 2 cups (packed) chopped fresh basil
  • ½ cup hemp seeds
  • 1⁄3 cup Sach Inchi Oil Incaliving's Sacha Inchi Oil
  • 1⁄3 cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon freeze-dried wheatgrass powder (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
  • ¾ teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 4 cups cooked Quinoa
  • 2 cups  (packed) baby spinach, cut into chiffonade (extra thin)

Method
 

  1. Soak the sun-dried tomatoes in some hot water for 30 minutes or until soft.
  2. Slice thinly.
  3. Use a food processor to blend the basil, hemp seeds, both oils, wheatgrass powder, nutritional yeast, sea salt and garlic into a pesto sauce.
  4. In a large bowl, toss some of the pesto (use as much as desired) with the quinoa, sun-dried tomatoes and spinach.
  5. Serve cold or gently heat.