VEGAN SWISS CHARD DOLMAS WITH GARLICKY PESTO QUINOA
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: gluten-free, vegan
Servings: 12
Author: Heather Cain
Ingredients
SWISS CHARD DOLMAS
1 ½cupcooked quinoa
1cupfinely grated green cabbage
½yellow onionfinely diced
¼ - ½Cvegan pestorecipe below
salt & pepper to taste
12-15small swiss chard leavestough rib removed
PESTO
2Cupspacked basil leaves
4clovesgarlic
½cuphigh quality olive oil
½cuppine nuts
¼cuplemon juice
salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
DOLMAS
Prepare quinoa according to package directions, the put in fridge to chill. Stir cabbage and diced onion into quinoa, then add pesto. How much pesto you use is up to you - I used closer to ½ cup, which made for a very garlicky, pesto-ish (is that a word?) flavor, which I love. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Put a dollop of quinoa stuffing in the middle of a swiss chard leaf, then roll it up like a burrito. Use a toothpick to pin the whole thing shut.
Enjoy!
PESTO
Place all ingredients in food processor and blend till smooth.