Meatless Monday: Garlic-Basil Green Beans over Mushrooms and Quinoa
Hello Darlings!
I’m quite vocal about being a list fanatic. So when it comes to recipe planning it should come as no surprise that I have multiple lists of dishes and ingredients that I think would taste delicious together. Normally, I look over all of my lists while planning a post, but this week’s Meatless Monday went a little differently. While I was browsing my lists (I do happen to have multiple notebooks of them) I was throwing together ingredients for a quick dinner, I looked down and realized that I was whipping up a simple, vegan dish for this week’s MMAZ ingredient, garlic, no lists required. Ironic.
Ingredients:
– ½ Pound Green Beans (ends removed)
– 5 Cloves of Garlic
– 4 Large Fresh Basil Leaves
– 1 Cup Quinoa
– 1 Cup Fresh Mushrooms (sliced)
– Olive Oil
Instructions:
1. Put quinoa and 2 cups water in a rice cooker. Let cook.
2. Peel the garlic. I love the silly looking garlic rolls that easily remove the skin.
3. Add garlic and torn basil leaves into a food processor, pulse until finely chopped.
4. Preheat a frying pan on medium with olive oil. Add the garlic-basil mixture.
5. Prep veggies while garlic is browning. Slice mushrooms and chop green beans into 3 inch long pieces.
6. When garlic is browned (about 3-5 minutes) add chopped veggies.
7. Let cook, combining well, until mushrooms are tender and the green beans are a vibrant green.
8. Serve veggie mixture over quinoa. Enjoy!
There is nothing easier than throwing together a dish of sautéed veggies for dinner. Adding quinoa and garlic make it a filling meal full of flavor!
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| Tinker loves her green beans! |
What is your favorite, easy weeknight meal? Let me know in the comments below!
That looks amazing!! Thanks so much for linking up with us!
Tiff @ The Fit Train
Oh em gee! Girlfriend, that looks delicious. I love every ingredient you used. Although I am carnivore to the core I will have to try this as a side!! Thanks for linking up and the wonderful recipe. I am a huge fan of step by step photo instructions! 🙂
Looks delicious and hearty.. No one will miss the meat in this dish… We emailed you on friday.. not sure if you got it… =)
This looks incredible! I am definitely pinning it. 🙂
The Grass Skirt
thanks for linking up! I love green beans and sauteed mushrooms together! I don't eat grains, so for me the quinoa is out, but will try basil and garlic added to the mix next time. thanks!
Looks freaking delicious! As always!
Kallie But First, Coffee or But First, Coffee on Bloglovin
I'm weak for anything that has lots of lots of garlic. My favorite meatless meal is a vegan avocado pesto pasta 🙂 btw your food photography is looking great! xx Kat
Love and Ace
I have been the biggest fan of simple dishes recently and this is right up my alley!! Totally clean, simple, and love the flavors. I think I'm going to be making this one. 🙂
Mushrooms are a great way to get a savory taste into a meatless meal!
Yum! What a quick and easy meal that looks fantastic! Sadly, my standby quick meal is pasta. I know. Lame. I really need to work on that.
Kait! This looks scrumptious! And simple to make! I just picked a boatload of fresh beans in the garden, Im going to try it out! Thanks!
I love that you made a pesto-like sauce for this! Green beans are garlic are one of my favorite combos. 🙂
looks delicious!
LA By Diana Live Magazine
Ooh, that looks good! I've gotten to appreciate quinoa lately, but I haven't thought of trying it with garlic.
it looks yummy, nice !