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Savory Quinoa Cake

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savory-quinoa-cake

Ingredients

Part 1:

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 cups of quinoa
  • 2 cups of milk
  • 1/2 cup of olive oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup of parmesan
  • 2 table spoon of butter
  • 1 tea spoon of salt

Part 2:

  • Any meat or vegetable you want

Part 3:

  • 1 cup of fresh mozzarella
  • 1 table spoon of baking powder

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients from Part 1 in a mixer
  2. When it’s all mixed you can add the ingredients of Part 2 (meat or vegetable). Sometimes you need to add another egg to make the dough smoother
  3. Now add the ingredients from Part 3 (mozzarella and the baking powder), and mix by hand
  4. Put the dough in a baking dish glass
  5. Take it to a pre-heated oven at 370 F for about 40 minutes
  6. To make sure the cake is ready, stick a toothpick in the middle of it. If it’s coming out clean, the cake is done. Otherwise, wait a little bit more.

Manicotti with White Sauce

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manicotti

Ingredients

  • 1 pack of homemade manicotti
  • 3 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 diced onion
  • 5 smashed cloves of garlic
  • 1 cup of white wine
  • 1 cup of milk
  • 1/2 provolone cheese
  • 1/2 blue cheese
  • 1/2 mozzarella
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Salt and pepper as needed

Directions

  1. For the white sauce put the olive oil and the onion in a pan, and fry until the onion gets transparent
  2. Add the garlic, wine, and milk. Heat the mix up for about five minutes.
  3. Add the provolone and blue cheese and the mozzarella, and cook until they become a cream
  4. Add the salt and black pepper
  5. Put the manicotti in a baking dish glass, and add the white sauce on top
  6. Add the parmesan cheese on top of the white sauce
  7. Take it to a pre-heated oven at 350 F for about 15 to 20 minutes