QUINOA STUFFED PEPPERS

      Title: QUINOA STUFFED PEPPERS
  Categories: Grains, Side dish, Vegetables
       Yield: 5 Servings
  
       1 c  Quinoa
       2 c  ;Water
       4 lg Or 6 medium green peppers
       1 md Onion; diced
     1/2 lb Fresh mushrooms; sliced
       2 tb Butter
      28 oz Can tomatoes; coarsely diced
            -- juice reserved
       2    Garlic cloves; crushed
      12 oz Salsa (1 jar)
       2 tb Dry sherry
      10 oz Mozzarella cheese; shredded
  
   Rinse quinoa and add to water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and
   simmer for 5 minutes.  Set aside.
   
   Steam green peppers until soft but not limp; set aside.
   
   In large skillet, saute onion and mushrooms in butter. Add tomatoes,
   garlic cloves and salsa.  Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Add
   sherry; simmer 10 more minutes. Fold in quinoa.
   
   Put peppers in baking dish; fill peppers with quinoa mixture. This
   will take about half the mixture.  Thin remainder with reserved juice
   and pour around peppers. Sprinkle cheese over peppers. Bake at 325 F.
   for 30 to 35 minutes.
   
   Recipe on 12 oz. box Ancient Harvest brand quinoa. Distributed by
   Quinoa Corporation World Headquarters/P.O. Box 1039/Torrance, CA
   90505. Typed for you by Cathy Harned.
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