Monday, November 21, 2011

On Today's show, our guest, Celebrity Chef. . .


Cat!
Thank you for this great recipe. I will definitely try this and may even make as a stuffing alternative,

Hi, I just made up this new salad based on something I ate at a cafe and it made me think of you and the vegetarian you married. I used red quinoa and some roasted vegetables. It's delicious.

Cook a cup and a half of the quinoa. Put a big handful of dried red currents in the bottom of a bowl and after draining the quinoa dump it on top of the currents to soften them up.
Toss with olive oil and salt then roast;
half a head of cauliflower, cut up, whole brussel sprouts, and thickly sliced red onion. (400° 20 minutes or so. Toss the veggies once in a while)
Chop the cauliflower and onion, slice the brussel sprouts
Add to the quinoa.
Make vinegarette: 3 tb aged sherry vinegar
                             12 tb olive oil
                             1tsp kosher salt/black pepper
                             1/2 tsp dijon mustard
Add to quinoa along with about 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese.
Good right away but even better after it sits a few hours.

This sounds SO good. I'm so hung up on Kale this season, high time we addressed Brussel Sprouts!