Many students enjoyed the food at the retreat so much, they wanted to keep the recipes forever! So this weeks recipe blog features the quinoa dishes. Enjoy!
Quinoa w/veggies – 20 – 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Quinoa – cooked
- broccoli
- snow peas
- kale
- chard
- carrots
- Olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
- Lemon (optional)
- Get your Quinoa started – 20 minutes cooking time for Quinoa
- Steam all the veggies for 10 mins, till they are nice and green but not too soft
- Add cooked veggies to cooked quinoa
- Glaze quinoa veggie medley with virgin olive oil (dress like a salad) and add sea salt and black pepper
- (Optional) add some lemon juice.
Taste and Enjoy!
Best-Friend Bean Quinoa – 20-30 minutes
- 1 onion Chopped
- 6-10 Fresh Garlic Cloves Chopped
- 1 can of Organic diced tomatoes
- 1 can of Black Beans
- 1 can or Red Kidney Beans
- Carton of Mushrooms sliced
- Olive oil – 1 tbsp
- Quinoa – cooked
- Get your Quinoa started – 20 minutes cooking time for Quinoa
- Saute Onions in1 tbsp. olive oil for 5-7 mins until translucent
- add mushroom and cook for another 5 -7 mins until soft
- Add tomatoes, garlic, beans and cook for another 10 mins
- then pour mixture over the cooked quinoa and stir
- Add salt and pepper if desired and drizzle with olive oil
Enjoyed cold or hot!
Note: these recipes are vegan and gluten free – feel free to add to your dish!
If you would like to see more posts like this, please comment on the dish you make!