Grains and Lentils with Caramelised Vegetables and Quorn

While this dish may not exactly look the part, I promise, it's really tasty. I mean; caramelised vegetables, does it get any tastier than that? Just the smell of it makes my mouth water.

It's also highly nutritious as it contains green lentils and quinoa, both are great sources of protein. Quinoa is actually one of few vegetarian complete proteins, which means that it contains all the essential amino acids. If you haven't tried it before, this gives you a good reason.

Also, don't leave the pearl barley out as this gives the texture a nice round edge. Together with quinoa and lentils it works perfectly.

Quinoa, pearl barley and green lentils with caramelised vegetables and quorn

Cooking time: 20 min
Serves 2

1 dl quinoa
1 dl green lentils
1/2 dl pearl barley
6 dl stock from 1 vegetable stock cube
1 large red pepper
1 large red onion
1 quorn fillet
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
3 tbsp olive oil
Salt

Bring a pan of 6 dl water to the boil, let the stock cube dissolve and add the quinoa, lentils and pearl barley. When it's boiling again, stir, lower the heat, and leave it to simmer under a lid for about 15-20 min.
Chop the pepper and onion and put them in a low to medium hot pan with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Add the quorn fillets to the pan and sprinkle a tiny bit of salt on them. Leave it for 15 min.
When it's ready, mix everything in one of the pans and stir. Make sure that the grains soak up flavour from the oil and vinegar.