Recipe Of The Week: Quinoa + Veg (Easiest, Healthiest and Tastiest Dinner Ever)

Posted February 10, 2012

 

I remember the nights when I would get home from work at 8pm after a long day of sitting at my desk writing about Zac Efron and the Gossip Girl cast, and were so exhausted that the thought of preparing dinner seemed about as fun as being married to Homer Simpson (fun to watch, but poor Marge). If my boyfriend hadn’t kindly made dinner for me, I would resort to whatever meal was plastic wrapped in the freezer, of just have avocado on toast. With a bit of tomato and onion, if I had the energy. If only I knew then what I know now. Satisfying, healthy, tasty meals can be quick and easy. This dish below is proof of that.

This dish will take just 20 minutes to prepare and cook, and will serve two hungry people.

 

What you’ll need:

 

1 cup quinoa
1 zucchini
1 carrot
Handful or two of snow peas
1 cup broccoli
Handful or two of baby spinach
2 cloves garlic
1 lemon, juiced

 

What to do:

 

1. Rinse and drain your quinoa.
2. Add quinoa to a pot with two cups of water. Bring to the boil, and then reduce to simmer for about 15 minutes or until all of the water has been absorbed.
3. While that’s cooking, chop up all of your veggies.
4. Once quinoa is cooked, add all veggies except baby spinach to the pot along with garlic and lemon juice.
5. Stir veggies through, and cook on low until they are as cooked as you like them. I prefer my veggies crunchy, so I just barely gave them time to warm through.
6. At the last minute, throw in the baby spinach and give it all a stir through.
7. Serve!

 

See this quick video from Sarah Britton (last week’s Foodie Friday talent) on how to cook quinoa. I love her cooking video style.

 

 

Click here to find out why quinoa is so awesome.

 

Do you love quinoa? What are some of your favourite quinoa recipes?

 

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