Quinoa with Salmon and Swiss Chard

Description

Quinoa is a high flavor, high protein grain made popular by the Incas, then rediscovered by NASA. Need I say any more?

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup uncooked quinoa
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• ¾ pound salmon fillets
• 1 cup white wine
• ½ cup water, or more as needed to cover
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 bunch Swiss chard, stems and tough ribs removed, leaves cut into 1/2-inch-wide ribbons
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• salt to taste
• 1 pinch ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and 2 cloves garlic until fragrant
2. about 2 minutes.
3. Stir quinoa into onion mixture until lightly toasted
4. about 5 minutes.
5. Pour vegetable broth into quinoa mixture. Bring to a boil
6. then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until quinoa is tender
7. about 20 minutes.
8. Meanwhile
9. heat salmon
10. white wine
11. and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until salmon is cooked through and easily flaked with a fork
12. 10 to 12 minutes; drain.
13. Transfer salmon to a plate and flake fish meat; discard skin and set salmon aside.
14. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir 2 cloves garlic until fragrant
15. about 1 minute.
16. Stir Swiss chard and lemon juice into garlic until Swiss chard begins to soften
17. about 2 minutes; remove from heat.
18. Gently fold flaked salmon and chard into the cooked quinoa. Season with salt and black pepper.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 4