Year: 2016

Pressure cooker quinoa rice with sausage

This pressure cooker quinoa rice with sausage recipe is inspired by the Dominican dish "locrio de longaniza" (rice with sausage). Since I love quinoa, I have been looking for ways to incorporate it into meals gradually, so it is not rejected by the rest of the family. Mixing rice with quinoa is a great way to achieve this. My daughter loves it! This dish can be made the same way in a rice cooker, using regular settings If you don't own a pressure cooker. Follow my instructions on how to cook stove top rice if you don't own either. This…

Braised eggplant

If you are an eggplant lover like me, you might have tried it fried, stir-fried, baked, and of course braised. Braised eggplant (or berenjenas guisadas) was my favorite dish growing up, as a side to black bean rice. This dish goes well with rice or quinoa, though I suspect it is also delicious with flat breads like pita or naan. In the Dominican Republic, eggplant is widely used as a meat substitute, despite its low protein content. Its meaty texture and flavor are only two of many good reasons to eat eggplant. This vegetable is packed with antioxidants, vitamins B1,…