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Easy high-protein millet pilaf is on the light plate with baked feta on th top of it. Near it there are the dish with baked vegetablea and feta, two spoons, fork etc | Hurry The Food Up

Easy High-Protein Millet Pilaf with Baked Feta

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Diet: Gluten Free, Egg Free, Low Calorie, Dairy Free, Vegetarian
Time: Max 45 min
Calories: 150 - 450 kcal
Type: meal plan recipes
Diet: egg-free, gluten-free
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 424kcal
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Equipment

Ingredients

Feta Bake

  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 1 large tomato (heirloom is nice)
  • 4 oz (115 g) low fat feta cheese
  • ½ tbsp olive oil

Millet Mix

  • ½ cup (100 g) millet
  • 1 shallot (finely diced)
  • 1 carrot (finely diced)
  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp ras el hanout spice mix
  • 1 ¼ cup (295 ml) vegetable broth
  • 1 cup (30 g) baby spinach (lightly packed)

Instructions

Optional

  • Soak millet overnight completely covered by water.
    The process of soaking the millet in the water | Hurry The Food Up
  • Rinse and drain millet with a strainer and reserve until needed.

Feta Bake

  • In a small baking pan, add the bell pepper and tomato cut into medium chunks and the low fat feta in big pieces. Drizzle olive oil and a generous pinch of salt.
    The process of adding the bell pepper, tomato, low fat feta in a small baking pan | Hurry The Food Up
  • Cook in the oven at 250 C / 480 F with the grill on, until the veggies are roasted, around 15-20 minutes.
    The process of baking the veggies until are well roasted | Hurry The Food Up

Millet Mix

  • Meanwhile, in a medium sized pot, saute over medium heat the diced shallot and carrot with the olive oil.
    The process of roasting veggies in the pot | Hurry The Food Up
  • Once the shallot is translucent, add the drained millet, a dash of salt, ras el hanout spice, and continue to mix and cook for one more minute.
    The process of adding millet to the almost well-roasting veggies into the pot | Hurry The Food Up
  • Add vegetable broth. If you didn’t soak your millet the night before then you’ll have to add an extra ¼ cup of water. Mix to dissolve the stock cube.
  • Once the vegetable broth boils, turn the heat to low and cook with a lid on for 25 minutes or until all the water is absorbed. This could take as little as 15 mins, and stir occasionally.
    The process of cooking millet together with veggies in the pot | Hurry The Food Up
  • Remove the lid and add spinach. Mix gently until incorporated.
    The process of adding spinach to the millet and veggies in the pot | Hurry The Food Up
  • Serve millet pilaf topped with roasted bell pepper, tomato and feta.
    Easy High-Protein Millet Pilaf is on the light plate with Baked Feta on the top of it | Hurry The Food Up

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Nutrition

Calories: 424kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 1136mg | Potassium: 550mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 7606IU | Vitamin C: 20mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 3mg