I decided to make my own Shrimp Pizza using ingredients and flavors that my family enjoys after traveling specifically to try a new restaurant that claimed “Shrimp Pizza” as their specialty. These days, it is asked for multiple times every month.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook onion in oil for 5 minutes, or until translucent. Add carrot, and cook 3 minutes more. Stir in quinoa and vegetable broth, and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until quinoa is tender and fluffy.
- In a bowl, toss quinoa together with walnuts and parsley. Serve hot or at room temperature.
Reviews
Very good and quite easy. I’ve always fixed couscous from a box so I was really surprised by the amount it made. No worries! It will be in the freezer when I need a quick side dish. Needed a fair amount of S&P. Next time, I can see this as the bed for salmon with a nice sauce. Thanks for sharing.
i LOVE THIS RECIPE HOT OR COLD IT GOOD IF MY VEGAN DAUGHTER IS HOME I USE VEGGIE BROTH
this is very good…took a little time but not that much. I will make it again.
I will definitely make this dish again. It was delish.
A basic, but very tasty recipe. It will be easy to modify in the future to compliment whatever the main dish will be, or to use whatever fresh vegetables are in season.
This was really dry and lacked taste.
Totally awesome. I used chicken broth instead and cilantro instead of parsley. Amazing as a side dish with Burgers. Try some hot sauce on it. lol. It’s awesome with that nutty flavor.
We loved it! We did add one large clove of garlic as others suggested and used”Better than Bouillon” vegetable base for the vegetable broth. We also used the While Foods “Super Grains” blend of red and white quinoa, millet and buckwheat. Thank you for a great recipe!
I make this recipe fairly regularly and keep it on hand in the fridge. It is good hot or cold. I change up the broth. I have used chicken and the new Tail infused broth as well. Both are delicious.
delicious .. better luke warm.
Didn’t use the nuts or parsley, and I used chicken broth instead of vegetable. We really liked it! Was my first time with eating quinoa and thought it was good!
Halved the recipe, but stayed heavy on the walnuts, toasted them before adding. I rinsed the quinoa and sauteed it briefly with the carrots and garlic before adding the broth. No onions in the house, so used some dried chopped onion just before all the liquid absorbed. Quinoa can be pretty bland, but came out great with the extra walnuts. Will definitely make again.
Great side dish. I omit the nuts and carrots for my family.
I think this was a great start for me I added corn,garlic,and little bit of sweet potatos. First I used coconut oil to toast up the garlic and onion. then I added the one cut up carrot about a handful of finly chopped sweet potato and frozen corn. I let that cook for about 5 min then added the quinoa and then the broth. I put this into a cooked acorn squash that I cooked with butter and maple syrup. Very Very good if I may add….
Mixed reviews at our house tonight… Admittedly it’s the first time any of us have had quinoa, let alone cooked it, but we tried 2 different quinoa recipes tonight – this and one for pudding from this site. Followed several reviewer’s suggestions to add minced garlic at the beginning, and I used chicken stock instead of vegetable, but other than that followed the recipe. Even with the garlic and salt & pepper to taste, it was pretty bland. Topped it with some grated asiago which added a nice flavor. Hubs liked it, as did our 15 y/o boy (which is an accomplishment is because he’s SUPER picky!), but our younger kids thought it was gross. I didn’t love it, didn’t hate it, but I’m willing to try quinoa again in again in another recipe.
I followed it exactly and it was really good. I had to use cheese cloth to rinse it. Anyone have a better idea? But will def do again and use as a base for some creative recipes…
Pretty good. Use only one carrot. It took over the flavor of the grain. I loved it. Partner thought it just “okay”.
This was a very good recipe; we enjoyed it alot. I did add a little white wine for flavor and was very satisfied with that. I forgot the walnuts but didn’t miss them, except maybe for texture.
A good basic guide that can adapt to numerous possibilities. This was my first time trying quinoa (finally) and I followed the tips of others making sure to rinse the quinoa well. Then I added 1 clove garlic minced with onion, used chicken stock and a tablespoon of tomato purée (paste), omitted carrots (just personal taste), then finished with the nuts, parsley and some crumbled blue cheese. Yum! As I was eating it, I kept thinking of other things to incorporate…fresh greens maybe or peppers or olives. Thanks for posting!
Except for adding fresh garlic at the start and rinsing the quinoa, I made the pilaf exactly as written. It was delicious, and my quinoa-hating husband loved it. I think you could add any vegetables that you like. Thank you for the recipe.
I tweaked it by adding minced garlic at the beginning with the chopped onions & used low sodium “better than bullion chicken” for the broth! YUMMY!