Quinoa with Vegetables Recipe
How to make Quinoa with Vegetables
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About Quinoa with Vegetables Recipe: High in protein, Quinoa looks grain-like but is actually an edible seed. It is nutty in flavor, it is quite a popular breakfast food. In this interesting recipe, quinoa is sauteed with lot of veggies and herbs, served & garnished with sage leaves and rosemary.
- Total Cook Time 30 mins 10 seconds
- Prep Time 10 mins 10 seconds
- Cook Time 20 mins
- Recipe Servings2
- Easy
Ingredients of Quinoa with Vegetables
- 125 gms white quinoa
- 1/2 medium zucchini, diced
- 1/2 Green bell pepper (diced)
- 1/2 green and yellow chilli, chopped
- 2 apricots (diced)
- 250 ml vegetable stock
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 spring onion stalk
- 100 gms pinto beans (shelled)
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- A few sage leaves
- A few rosemary leaves
How to Make Quinoa with Vegetables
Prepare the Quinoa:
1.
In a pot, bring salt water or vegetable stock to boil, add the quinoa and let it cook until all the water has absorbed, the quinoa is translucent and leaves the germ kernel.
2.
Set aside with some olive oil.
3.
In a pan put spring onion, garlic and chilies. Add the diced zucchini, bell peppers, dried apricots, pinto beans and saute well for 2 minutes.
4.
Season with salt and pepper.
5.
Mix with the cooked quinoa and garnish with rosemary and sage.