Cooking healthy and fast is easy and pretty tasty! We tell you our favorite quinoa recipe with vegetables, the matching salad and a delicious thirst quencher.
Well, are you also looking for delicious recipes and a little variety in the cooking pot?
Today quinoa is on the menu. A recipe that you can cook very quickly and easily.
The advantages of quinoa recipes are obvious. You are full for a long time, it tastes delicious and the small grains can be prepared in many different ways. From sweet to spicy, there is a huge number of recipes. In our office, a quinoa recipe with vegetables is very popular.
You can find out how to do this very easily here.
But what would be a main course without salad and delicious drink? Exactly! That's why today there's a whole menu for the next lunch break! Without sugar, artificial flavors and colors. How do you say it? Clean Eating! :)
Quinoa with vegetables
Ingredients
- 150 g Quinoa
- 300 ml Water
- 1 Onion
- ½ Bell bell pepper red
- ½ Paprika green
- 3 Tomatoes
- 1 Zucchini
- 2 TL Coconut oil for frying
- 3 EL Tomato paste
- 1 EL Curry powder
- Herb salt and pepper to taste
- 2 Branches Parsley
Anleitung
- Wash the quinoa thoroughly in a sieve. Put it in a pot with the water and bring to a boil.
- Meanwhile, chop the onion, bell bell pepper, tomatoes, zucchini.
- First fry the onion with coconut oil in a pot. When it is translucent, add the rest of the vegetables. Add about 5 tablespoons of tap water and stir in the tomato paste.
- Season with curry powder, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer gently for about 15 minutes. By now, the quinoa should be ready. Stir it into the vegetables and sprinkle the parsley on top. Done!
Notes
- 64 grams carbohydrates
- 14.2 grams protein
- 12.3 grams fat
Nährwerte
The quinoa recipe goes well with a mixed salad. Cut vegetables into small pieces as you like. A few beans or lentils provide extra protein for the muscles.
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A crisp and mixed salad to go with the quinoa recipe
Your shopping list:
- Green salad
- 1 carrot
- White small beans
- 1 shallot
- Tomatoes and cucumbers
- Vinegar, oil, salt
Here's how:
- Wash the green salad, cucumber, tomatoes and beans.
- Peel and finely grate the carrot
- Dice the shallot
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl and season with vinegar and oil.
- Especially tasty with pumpkin seed oil
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Infused water with strawberries
The perfect drink for your lunch is a homemade flavored water. This has the advantage that you will not find sugar, dyes and preservatives in it. Besides, it just looks super nice :)
Your shopping list:
- Strawberries
- Lemon
- Mineral water or still water
Here's how:
- Slice or dice strawberries
- Add a few drops of lemon to the water. You can also put a slice of lemon in your infused water.
Our conclusion
Healthy cooking can also be quick and easy. You don't need any elaborate creations. A simple quinoa recipe with vegetables is quickly conjured up. If you like, you can add fried chicken or turkey strips to the recipe.
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