Combine the goodness of broccoli and the sweet taste of pumpkin, and you almost have the perfect recipe for pasta lovers.
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Preparation Time
10 minutes
Cooking Time
35 minutes
Difficulty Rating
1
Serves
8
Ingredients
- 2 cups / 230 gm pumpkin, diced
- 8 oz / 240 gm quinoa noodles, uncooked
- 1 Tbsp. / 15 ml olive oil
- ½ cup / 120 ml water
- 1 head broccoli (20 oz / 600 g), cut into florets
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 cup / 240 ml organic grass-fed or vegan milk
- 1 sweet bell pepper, cut into strips
- ½ cup / 120 g soft white cheese, preferably organic pastured or vegan
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, combine diced pumpkin with a small amount of olive oil; coat the pumpkin evenly. Scatter the diced pumpkin over the parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes until softened. Remove from the oven and set aside.
- Cook your quinoa pasta per package instructions.
- Put ½ cup water in a pan and set over medium heat bringing the water to a rolling simmer. Add in the broccoli florets, cover, and cook for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the crushed garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Stir in the milk; bring to a simmering boil once more, and let simmer for 3 minutes. Stir in the baked pumpkin. Add in the cottage cheese or curdled soy and give it a final stir.
- Pour the mixture over individual plate servings of the cooked quinoa pasta noodles, and serve immediately.
Serving Size: 1 cup / 200 g
Exchanges per Serving: 2 Carb, ½ Protein, 0 Fat
i cannot find the foods I eat: oatbran muffin, fatfree yogurt, raspberry jam, Lipton dry veg soup, tuna, boiled eggs, strawberrys, etc
Hi, Pelicanfarm. Some of those foods have different names – for example:
*fatfree yogurt is in the food lists as “Yogurt, Light, 0%” in the “Protein” category and “Dairy” subcategory
*raspberry jam is covered under “Jam / Marmalade (100% fruit)” – because that’s the *type of jam we encourage – in the “Sweets” category and “Spreads/Sauces” subcategory
*tuna is in the “Protein” category and “Seafood” subcategory
*eggs are in the “Protein” category simply as eggs eggs (you can cook them as you wish, including boiling)
*strawberries are in the “Fruit” category
For something more complex like oatbran muffin, you can select something similar from the food lists to save a place in your menu, then have what you want (for example, you can use the “Scone, Whole Grain” listing in the “Carbohydrates” category and to save a place for oat bran muffins – ounce for ounce, they have similar nutritional values).
what is quinoa noodles?
where do you get quinoa noddles from
Me again, I roasted the peppers with the pumpkin, but the whole thing was swimming in milk !!
Tasted good and the family liked it.
What’s the red pepper for and when does it go into the mix?
What is : grass-fed vegan milk and grass- fed cottage cheese?
Regarding pumpkin: Yes, any orange/winter squash will do, though just note that it will add a few more grams of carbohyrates.
Canned pumpkin probably won’t work, since it needs to be in chunks here. Try sweet potatoes or yams, but note that it will add a few more grams of carbohydrates.
Is this literal Hallowen pumpkin or as in many countries, pumpkin means any form of squash, like Hubbard, Butternut, etc.
Is it OK to use canned pumpkin?
“Crumbled” just refers to the textured – in otherwords, not “creamed” cottage cheese.
Does anyone have an answer on how to crumble cottage cheese???
How do you ‘crumble’ cottage cheese? The cottage cheese available in my stores is of a wet/liquid consistency and does not crumble