Quinoa is an amazing grain-like protein source that we have been using in our cooking very regularly. The best part about quinoa is that it’s a complete protein, meaning that it has all the essential amino acids, or in layman’s terms it fills you up super nice. Since quinoa is such a good protein source and much lighter than soy products, we have been using it extensively to “beef up” our veggie dishes (forgive the pun…). So believe the hype: quinoa dishes are great for staying healthy and with all that protein quinoa helps reduce your portions, which is a problem all passionate foodies face…
A super awesome quinoa bowl (recipe)
Serves 4
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 large green pepper, chopped
- 1 small to medium red/yellow pepper, chopped (optional)
- Half a carton of cherry tomatoes, halved (about a cup)
- One medium sized sweet onion, diced (preferably Walla walla, yum 🙂 )
- 1 can of black beans,