Dirty Quinoa

Serves: 3-4 people
Hands-on time: 15-20 min
Total time: 30 min

This recipe for “dirty” quinoa is adapted from the dirty rice I used to make all the time when I was single and cooking was a low priority. I also used to chop up hotdogs and throw them in to make a meal, but um I don’t do that anymore. Now it’s just clean, whole, unprocessed food for me. I sure wish they made a natural hotdog flavor I could add to a dish to get my hotdog fix. Anyway, enough about hot dogs, let’s make some dirty quinoa!

Ingredients

Olive oil
1 clove garlic
1/2 onion
1/2 green pepper
1 medium to large carrot
1 stalk of celery
Any other leftover fresh veggies laying around in your frig that need to get et. Cabbage, mushrooms, fennel, turnips… all good.
lemon juice
Fresh parsley and/or cilantro (optional)
1 C quinoa (any color)
2 C chicken or vegetable broth (or water)
1/2 C baby peas (frozen ok)
feta cheese for topping (optional)

Tools

medium chef’s knife
cutting board
medium saucepan with cover
wooden spoon or spatula
dry measuring cup

Directions

Scoop a 1/2 C frozen baby peas and set on counter to thaw.
Heat pan on medium, then add 1-2 tsp of olive oil.
Clean and trim garlic, onion, pepper, celery, carrot then coarsely chop. Add to pan and saute about five minutes.
Add 1 cup quinoa and stir for a minute or so
Add 2 cups chicken or veg broth, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
Remove from heat, open lid, dump baby peas in and re-cover. Let sit 10 minutes then stir in.
Clean and chop parsley/cilantro if using.
Serve with feta and parsley/cilantro for topping.

Tips and Timesavers

Often you can purchase a container of pre-chopped veggies called “mirepoix” at the supermarket, which comes in very handy for this kind of dish. About a cup or so will do it.
My biggest time suck is chopping fresh herbs because I like them clean clean clean and I don’t like the stems (a lot of people do though). So for me having pre-chopped herbs on hand is pure joy.
Pre-minced garlic is also good, but the flavor of fresh garlic is better.

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