Savory Vegetarian Quinoa

Description

I’ve been experimenting with quinoa and vegetarian cooking. Came up with this last night and it was delicious! I wanted to save the recipe here and share it with others. I topped mine with some chopped avocado and chia seeds for extra health benefits.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 4 large mushrooms, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 4 cups savory vegetable broth
  • 2 cups quinoa
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 cups baby kale

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add carrots
  2. onion
  3. and mushrooms; cook and stir until softened
  4. 5 to 7 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant
  5. about 1 minute.
  6. Pour broth into the pot; bring to a boil. Add quinoa
  7. soy sauce
  8. and ginger. Reduce heat and simmer until quinoa is mostly tender
  9. about 17 minutes. Add baby kale; cook until wilted
  10. about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand until quinoa absorbs remaining cooking liquid
  11. about 5 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 31 mins

Total Time: 56 mins

Servings: 8

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