Quinoa caprese bake

Makes about 2 or 3 servings.

Ingredients

• 4 cups cooked quinoa (1 1/3 cups raw)
• 1 cup any pasta sauce
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup parmesan
• 1 cup mozzarella
• 1 cup grape tomatoes
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 ºF.
2. Cook quinoa according to package instructions.
3. Heat pasta sauce and tomato paste over low heat.
4. Stir in heavy cream, parmesan, crushed red pepper, salt, and pepper.
5. Remove from heat and stir in quinoa.
6. Fold in half the mozzarella and half the tomatoes.
7. Spread in baking dish. Top with rest of mozzarella and tomatoes.
8. Bake 15 minutes, then broil 2 minutes.

Notes

• You can use anything from 2 cups cooked quinoa (looser, creamier texture) to 6 cups (firmer, denser). Divide by 3 for the amount of raw quinoa.