Quinoa...

Today's lunch: Quinoa and Veggie Stir-Fry.

We have already put veggies with whole wheat couscous (and when I was thinking about what starch to add to the veggies today, my daughter suggested couscous) but today I decided to use quinoa for several reasons:

1. couscous is a flour product and I try not to over use flour products
2. quinoa is a complete protein
3. quinoa is a whole food
4. I have 25 lb of red quinoa waiting to be used in my pantry.
5. quinoa is delish!

Here is what I used today:

 

red onion

red pepper

zucchini

(had a half quart left after my daughters processed a

5 gal bucket full from my garden this morning and put in the freezer)

green beans

(had a pint in the fridge leftover from the weekend; also garden fresh!)

mushrooms

garlic

red quinoa

soy sauce

Adobo

(can be found in the

 Goya/international/ethnic foods aisle at the grocery story)

 

I stir fried the veggies while the quinoa was cooking.

(double the water from the amount of dry quinoa you use)

Then I stirred together in a serving bowl and served

with various Asian sauces:

sweet chili

General Tso's

sweet and sour

(I was tickled to find a line of Asian sauces at our local grocery store

without MSG or its cousins!)

 

We all thoroughly enjoyed our lunch.

Finished with some watermelon.