STAPLE: Corn and Broccoli Quinoa Pilaf

This is seriously one f our ULTIMATE Vegan Queery STAPLES!

Corn and Broccoli Quinoa Pilaf

Ingredients
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Onion - finely chopped
1 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tsp Finely grated ginger
1 tsp Ground cumin
1 tsp Corianda ground
0.5 tsp Tumeric
1 Cup quinoa, rinsed
2 Cups Water
300 g Brocolli, cut into small florets
2 Large corn cobs
2 Tbsp Corrianda chopped

Directions
In a saucepan heat oil. Add onion and cook until soft. Add cumin, coriander, turmeric, garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Add quinoa and water. Bring to the boil then reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
While the quinoa is cooking heat a griddle pan. Peel the corn and cook in the griddle pan turning frequently to char grill.
Add broccoli and return lid. Cook for a further 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Cut corn from the cobs and add to the quinoa. Sprinkle with fresh chopped coriander and serve.

Vegan Queery STAPLES SERIES: Nina's Energy Slice

Today at Freedom Centre where I work, a visitor at the centre asked me about how to eat vegan coz he'd been trying, but struggling. So I said I'd get him some basic staple vegan recipes for meals and snacks - ones that would ensure you get a balanced nutritional vegan diet. We got talking about what are essential foods to get in your diet to cover key nutrients that you need.

My favourite ingredients to include in my weekly diet to cover my essential nutrients are;

• Spinach, silverbeet, kale
• Chia seeds
• Quinoa
• Chick Peas, hummus, beans
• Walnuts, cashews, almonds
• Soy milk, Almond Milk
• Bananas, Strawberries, kiwi fruit, apples
• Broccoli
• Mushrooms, avocado, tomatoes
• Prunes, Sultanas, Dates

A couple of good websites with vegan nutritional info as well as recipes are www.peta.org.au and www.whyveg.com

So now I'm all motivated me to add more to this blog to share - hence this upcoming series of VEGAN QUEERY STAPLES XD

To Start, SNACKS. This blog already has a large proportion of snack options. Actually, I think all of it so far could classify as snacks. hahaha so here's another one! We made this for our friend Nina when she was a new parent of twins and had no time to eat!

Nina's energy slice

Ingredients
    •    3/4 Cup Sultanas
    •    1/2 Cup Dried apricots
    •    2 Cups Dates
    •    1/2 Cup Sesame seeds
    •    1/4 Cup Coconut oil
    •    1 1/2 Cups raw almonds
    •    1 Cup Raw unsalted cashews
    •    1/2 Cup Walnuts
    •    juice of 1 lemon
    •    1/2 Cup Unsweetened shredded coconut
    •    4 Tbsp Chia seeds


Directions
    1.    Combine nuts and seeds and pulse in food processor.
    2.    Add the rest of the ingredients and process
    3.    Flatten, compacting with your hands into a pan and refrigerate