Meatless Monday Lunch Recipe:: Mediterranean Quinoa Bake

So here is the lunch that I posted about earlier today. It was sooo good!!

Mediterranean Quinoa Bake

1 cup uncooked quinoa (prepare as directed)
1 cup chopped spinach
1 cup tomato
1 cup artichoke hearts
4 kalamata olives chopped
1/2-1 cup feta cheese
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 cup mozzarella
Salt, Lemon pepper (or pepper and fresh lemon juice), and onion powder

Cook 1 cup of Quinoa while you chop up the spinach, artichokes, olives and tomatoes. After you have chopped these ingredients up and the quinoa is hot and ready, combine the quinoa and everything you have chopped with about a tbsp of the oil from the container of artichokes. Then in a food processor or a blender, mix 1/2 cup-1 cup of feta cheese, salt, lemon pepper, onion powder and either 1/2 cup of almond or skim milk. Blend this up.
Pour Quinoa and veggie mixture in a casserole dish and pour feta sauce all over. Top with 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese. Bake at 400 for 15 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.

Yields 4 lunch servings.

ENJOY!!!

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