Golden Buckwheat Pilaf
My Golden Buckwheat Pilaf is a super delicious and nutritious combination of healthy kasha(roasted buckwheat), immune system boosting shiitake mushrooms and organic vegetables and herbs! My Golden Buckwheat Pilaf is a perfect side dish, salad or stand alone vegan entrée! Serve My Golden Buckwheat Pilaf with lamb steaks, baked chicken or grilled sausage; pile this pilaf a top of a bed of greens to make a wholesome salad. Serve My Golden Buckwheat Pilaf all alone as a super nutritious gluten free vegan entrée or use My Golden Buckwheat Pilaf as a base for poached or fried eggs( my husband’s favorite version)! My Golden Buckwheat Pilaf is so versatile, so nutritious and delicious that it will surely become a favorite recipe, guaranteed! By the way buckwheat is not a grain but rather a fruit seed that is a relative to the rhubarb plant; it’s grain like taste and appearance makes it a perfect gluten free option for those who are gluten intolerant. Buckwheat’s delicious nut like flavor, when roasted, paired with aromatic vegetables and herbs makes a perfect pilaf! Enjoy!! Purchase my cookbook Simply Natural Gourmet for more healthy, nutritious and delicious recipes! http://simplynaturalgourmet.net/buy
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1&1/2 cup roasted buckwheat
4 organic garlic cloves, minced
2 organic leeks, sliced
1/4 cup dry white wine
2 cups organic mushroom broth
1 yellow summer squash, chopped
1 organic yam,quartered and chopped
6-8 shiitake mushrooms,sliced
1 organic carrot,sliced
1 organic red bell pepper, quartered and sliced
1 organic yellow bell pepper, quartered and sliced
1/4 pint organic golden cherry tomatoes, halved
1 bunch organic flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce( tiger sauce is good)
1/4 cup pitted Greek olives
Crumbled feta cheese as garnish
In a large frying pan, heat olive oil to medium high
Add garlic, leeks and buckwheat
Cook and stir until buckwheat has absorbed the oil
Add the wine and stir until absorbed
Add the mushroom broth
Add the squash, yam, mushroom, carrot and peppers
Cook until liquid is absorbed
Lower to simmer
Add the tomato and parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Season with the hot pepper sauce
Add the olives
Stir and remove from heat
Garnish with a bit of crumbled feta cheese, optional
Serve with a grilled or baked meat entrée
Serve alone as a vegan entrée
Serve with greens as a delicious “grain salad”
Serve with eggs
Just delicious, enjoy!