Quinoa stuffed onions

Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

12 md Onions; peeled
1/2 c Quinoa; uncooked
1 c ;water
1/4 ts Sea salt
2 Garlic cloves; minced (opt)
1/2 c Mushrooms; sliced
1/2 c Celery; sliced
2 tb Corn or olive oil
1/2 c Schickpeas; cooked
1 c Walnuts; roasted
2 ts Soy sauce
2 ts Brown rice vinegar

Instructions:

Parsley for garnish Hollow out insides of onions with an apple corer leaving bottoms intact and reserving insides. Steam hollowed-out onions until tender reserving 3/4 cup of cooking liquid. Rinse and draiin quinoa. Bring one cup water and salt to a boil. Stir in quinoa and return to a boil. Lower heat cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let stnd covered for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Finely chop reserved onions. Saute chopped onions garlic mushrooms and celery in oil for 15 minutes or until soft. Mix in quinoa and chickpeas and heat through (about 5 minutes). Fill onions with quinoa mixture arranging excess stuffing on serving dish around bottoms of onions. Crush walnuts in a food processor blending in soy sauce and vinegar to form a creamy mixture. Blend in reserved cooking liquid. Place mixture in a saucepan and heat through stirring constantly. Pour over stuffed onions garnish and serve. Per serving: 325 cal; 11 g prot; 195 mg sod; 35 g carb; 17 g fat; 0 mg chol; 164 mg calcium From the files of DEEANNE