Easy. Healthy. Quick. Comforting. A perfect weeknight dinner if you ask me. And the best part, it's delcious cold too so you could make a little extra to take to work the next day! Excellent leftover lunch!

While this dish is super easy to make it will deliver some of the most important nutrients to nourish your body Including protein (48% of your daily need or DV), dietary fibers (96% DV), potassium (10% RV), sodium (28% RV), fats (28% DV), vitamin A (224% DV), vitamin C (85% DV), calcium (19% DV), and iron (73% RV). It even has some vitamin B12 coming from the nutritional yeast (1 tbsp proves about 40% DV).

AND IT'S 100% PLANT-BASED!

Roasted Pumpkin Chickpea Quinoa Bowl with Cashew Parsley Sour Cream

INGREDIENTS

For the quinoa bowl

1/2 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
2 cups pumpkin, cut into small cubes
1.5 cup cooked chickpeas (½ cup dried = 1.5 cup cooked = 1 15 oz can)
1/2 cup onion, chopped
2 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp fresh grated ginger (or about one inch)
1/2 cup tomato, chopped
1 Thai chili pepper or jalapeno (optional), or to taste (chili paste works too)
1/4 cup raw unsalted cashew nuts, roasted
Sea salt and black pepper to taste

For the cashew sour cream

1 cup raw unsalted cashew nuts soaked and drained
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Nutritional yeast to taste
0.5-1 lime or lemon juice only, add to taste
Pinch sea salt
1/3-1/2 cup water depending on how thick you want it to be (nut or seed milk works too)
1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Add pumpkin cubes to a baking sheet and drizzle with cooking oil. Season with black pepper to taste and roast for 30 minutes. Halfway through add chickpeas, toss to combine and roast until browned and crisp.
Cook quinoa according to the instructions on the package. this will takes about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat cooking oil over medium heat in a skillet. Saute onion for 2 to 3 minutes, then stir in garlic and ginger and cook until onions are soft. Add tomatoes and cook until they start to fall apart and form a sauce-like consistency. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
When ready combine quinoa with the roasted veggies and tomato sauce. Mix well and top with cashew cream and extra roasted cashew nuts.

For the cashew sauce

Soak cashews for at least 2 hours, 8 hours or overnight is best. The longer you soak them the easier it will be to blend them into a smooth cream. (if you don't have the time or forgot to soak them, 30 minutes in hot water works too!)
Add all cashew sauce ingredients to a small blender or food processor. Blend until a smooth paste.

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Beautiful dish, I don't even eat half the stuff here, but it looks so good I'm going to have to try it! Thanks for sharing Amy, much appreciated! ☺

We loved it. I hope you do give it a try! Have a lovely week!

Awesome, thank you, have a great week as well! You're too sweet!

Wow. Thats so great food ..Thats i like very much .. super ..
Looking so nice and i think it will be delicious .
Best photography ..
Best of luck...
Thanks for sharing dear

Thanks for stopping by ;)

Always been fascinated with vegan lifestyle and that meal deelish,,,,thanks for posting.

The power of plant foods. So good ;) Have a lovely day!

that food looks yummy , i want some and the recipe looks simple enough to make ,

Thanks! It is super easy to make. Enjoy ;)

Cashew sour cream is the mutt's nuts (wierd expression, I know!). I also adore the sweet version. When my son tried to make it for tacos, he was like, 'it doesn't taste like yours' - what did you use, son? - 'salted roast cashews' - ummmmmm, no babe, that's not going to be quite the same thing. I love this sour cream far more than real sour cream and don't know why anyone wouldn't. REally nice with garlic chives too.

First time I hear that expression indeed hehe! I love the sweet version with lemon or lime to serve as a dip with strawberries. so good!

I think mutts nutts is an English expression...

Looks so delicious Amy! Wish you a great start in the new week!❤😙

Thanks @vegan.niinja! Hope you are having a great week too.

Hi dear! How are you? Your dish so healthy! I like the chickpeas and the pumpkin are a good elements for our body .

Hi my friend. Could be better. I am sure better times are ahead of us. My cat will probably not make it until the end of the week. So very sad at the moment. This is also the reason I am not so active on social media and steemit. Damn those cancers. But hey that's life. She has a blessed age of 15 and we are enjoying our last moments together! I am sure once all these sad moments pass I will find my passion to cook again! Hope you are having a better time in life!

🍲 HEALTHY VEGAN DINNER | Roasted Pumpkin Chickpea Quinoa Bowl with Cashew Parsley Sour Cream 🍲