- 30 mins
- 60 mins
Ingredients
- 3 cups of cooked quinoa (see note below)
- 1 zucchini, chopped into little squares
- 12 ounces of shredded cheese of choice
- 1 pound ground beef (or any ground meat)
- 1 cup yellow onions (1/2 medium-sized onion), chopped
- 1 tablespoon basil (preferably fresh)
- 1 tablespoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon parsley (preferably fresh)
- 15 ounces organic tomato sauce
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon Himalayan salt
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- Coconut oil for greasing baking dish
- Note: 3 cups of cooked quinoa = 1 cup quinoa seed, 2 cups of water and 1 teaspoon of Himalayan salt cooked over medium heat covered for approximately 20 minutes.
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Brown ground beef in a large skillet.
Add garlic and onion and cook for 5 minutes.
Stir in tomato sauce and tomato paste.
Add in parsley, basil, oregano, salt and pepper and continue to stir.
Bring sauce to a light boil, then remove from heat.
Grease an 8×8 baking dish with coconut oil.
Put about 1/4 cup of the meat sauce on the bottom of the baking dish and spread it out
Next place a layer of quinoa
On top of the layer of quinoa, sprinkle some of the zucchini squares, add a layer of meat sauce and then add a layer of cheese
Repeat with a second set of layers: quinoa, zucchini squares, meat sauce and then ending with cheese on the very top.
If you have extra zucchini you can decorate the top or sprinkle the rest on the top
Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes
Remove foil and bake for another 5 minutes or until all the cheese is melted.
Pull out of oven and let set for 5 minutes before cutting and serving