Tuesday, April 9, 2013

2 QUINOA RECIPES! LEMON QUINOA AND VEGGIE QUINOA!























Quinoa is basically a healthy substitute for rice! It has soo many health benefits but head over to my Health/Fitness blog for more information on that. Here I'm going to be focusing on sharing two of my favourite ways to eat Quinoa!























Recipe 1: Lemon Quinoa

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Quinoa
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 Lemon
1 Shallot

Method:
Step #1- Cook 1/2 cup of Quinoa by boiling it on the stove in a pot for about 10 minutes.
Step #2- Drain the water from the Quinoa.
Step #3- Mix through the Quinoa; 1 tbsp of olive oil and the juice from half a lemon. 
Step #4- Cut up some shallots and sprinkle on top or mix through.























Recipe 2: Veggie Quinoa

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Quinoa
1 Celery Stick
1 Sml Carrot
1/4 Capsicum
Chicken Breast
1/2 Onion
1 Shallot
Almonds

Method:
Step #1- Cook 1/2 cup of Quinoa by boiling it on the stove in a pot for about 10 minutes.
Step #2- Drain the water from the Quinoa and mix through 1 tbsp of olive oil.
Step #3- Place cut up celery, carrot, capsicum, onion and shallots into a frying pan with water.
Step #4- Cook chicken breast in coconut oil and then add it to the vegetable mix.
Step #5- Once the vegetable/chicken mixture is completely cooked through and the vegetables have become soft, turn the heat off.
Step #6- Serve chicken/vegetable mixture on a bed of the Quinoa then garnish with chia seeds and almonds.
Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed the 2 recipes!

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