Featured Recipe: Vegetable Quinoa Bowl

by | Oct 12, 2011 | Article, Healthy Eating

Another tasty and healthy recipe from Healthy Eating Active Living. This recipe can be a vegetarian choice, or you can add chicken to the mix.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup spinach or other greens
  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 1 cup chopped broccoli
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1 tsp chili flakes
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 med onion, cut into small
  • 1 tsp tamari
  • 1 red pepper
  1. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a medium sized pot.
  2. Add quinoa, and a pinch of sea salt, reduce heat to low-medium and cover for 10 minutes (optional) At the same time in a non stick pan, cook chicken breasts all the way through. Cutting them into pieces before cooking will save cooking time.
  3. As the quinoa is cooking, coarsely chop your desired veggies into bite-sized pieces.
  4. After 10 minutes, remove the pot from heat and add vegetables, chicken and desired seasoning to the quinoa. Stir, cover and let sit for 5 minutes.
    Serve and enjoy!

Originally published at HEAL