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Quinoa Pilaf

Ingredients

1 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 carrots, diced
1/2 C. quinoa
1 C. hot water or stock
1 bay leaf
1 Tbs. lemon zest
1 Tbs. lemon juice
1/2 C. frozen green peas, thawed
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Pour oil into a medium saucepan, and place over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and carrots; cook and stir for 10 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Using a strainer, rinse quinoa under cold water. Drain well. Stir into the vegetables; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add water, bay leaf and lemon rind and juice; bring to boil. Cover, and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is tender. Discard bay leaf. Stir in peas, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve.

Hillary
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Quinoa sushi! Seriously!

I like sauteeing some onion, zucchini, mushrooms, and tomatoes with whatever spice I find, and then just throwing it over a bed of quinoa. sometimes I just cook the quinoa in onion broth instead of using chopped onion.

Then I was thinking of cold quinoa salad with cucumber, tomato, scallion, lemon juice, dill, and maybe some feta.

THEN I was thinking of making a warm quinoa salad with roasted yam, craisins, scallion, and toasted nuts of some sort.

I was also thinking of making quinoa "oatmeal" for breakfast with milk, honey, chopped dry fruit, something like that. I really need to find another box of quinoa!

quinoa tabouleh: mix up some cooked quinoa with lemon juice, olive oil, black pepper, red onion, cucumber, plum tomatoes and avocado. it's one of my favorite preparations!