Quinoa Dish with Herbs and steamed vegetables cooked in one pot
 
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I usually make a variation of this recipe as a lunch to take to work. It doesn't require a lot of preparation time (perhaps 5-10 minutes) and the overall process takes about 30 minutes, so it's the perfect way to make sure I have a healthy and nutritious warm meal at work.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup of quinoa - washed
  • 2 cups of water or vegetable stock
  • ½ bunch of parsley - chopped
  • 1 tomato - diced
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup of broccoli florets
  • 4 leaves of kale, washed and teared into bite size pieces
  • Roughly chopped chives (optional)
Instructions
  1. Place the quinoa, water, parsley, tomato and salt in a tall cooking pot. We would like the pot to be at least 4 times taller than the volume of the quinoa as the boiled quinoa tend to boil over the top of lower pots.
  2. Put the lid and bring to a boil (about 2 minutes)
  3. As you see the steam coming out of the lid, reduce the heat to low medium and put a timer for 10 minutes.
  4. Once the timer rings, place the kale, brocooli and chive on top of the partially cooked quinoa. This is how we are going to steam the kale and broccoli. You can squeeze some lemon on top and sprinkle some salt if you'd like.
  5. Turn off the heat source! Place the lid back and put the timer for additional 20 minutes (of steaming).
  6. It is ready. Serve with some tahini, chopped cilantro/parsley, preshly cut tomatoes. I also like to dice a slice of lemon and add it to the mix.
Tips and Variations:
- Cooking with vegetable stock instead of water will yield even tastier Quinoa
- Try adding raw vegetables like diced zucchini, celery, carrots, tomatoes, fennel, yams etc' during the first phase. Or any other herb (Step 1 above).
- Try adding spinach, kale, cilantro, parsley to the steaming process (Step 4 above).
Recipe by Everyday Vegan Cooking at https://everydayvegancooking.com/2014/10/cook-perfect-quinoa.html