Blue cheese mushrooms with quinoa
Blue cheese mushrooms with quinoa is a vegetarian side dish or appetiser which can be prepared and cooked in under half an hour.
Ingredients
- 6 mushrooms
- 3 tablespoon cooked quinoa
- 2 tablespoon Stilton
Instructions
- Peel and clean the mushrooms and place in a shallow ovenproof dish with the mushrooms close together and the stalks facing upwards.
- Place them bowl of mushrooms in the oven for a few minutes to partially cook.
- Spoon the cooked quinoa over the mushrooms
- Crumble the blue cheese and sprinkle over the top of the mushrooms and quinoa.
- Cook in the centre of the oven at 200oC, 400oF, gas mark 6 for around 10 minutes or so or until the cheese has melted.
- Serve immediately
Notes
How to serve
- Serve immediately.
- This mushroom side dish is at its best when hot.
- It is not suitable for reheating.
- When cooking quinoa it is a good idea to cook extra so that some can be stored in the freezer ready to be used in a recipe such as this, for stuffed peppers or roast cauliflower salad with quinoa.
- If you substitute another type of blue cheese check it is a type suitable for cooking.
Nutrition
Calories: 93kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 6gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 177mgPotassium: 268mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 116IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 1mg
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