Fave Quinoa recipes

This is one of my favorite salads: http://dinnerwithjulie.com/2010/03/29/curried-quinoa-salad-mango/ I leave the spinach out and put it under the salad on the plate or bowl instead.

This is one of my favorites.Cranberry,pinenut and Quinoa salad.
1 cup quinoa, 1 cup cranberries,1/2 cup green beans blanched and chopped.
1/4 cup pinenuts chopped,1/4 cup green onions sliced,1/4 cup balsamic vinegar,
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil,4 cloves garlic minced,pinch salt and pepper.
Combine quinoa with two cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to the boil.Reduce heat and simmer cover and continue cooking until the water is absorbed.In a medium bowl combine cooked quinoa,dried cranberries,green beans,pine nuts,green onions until well mixed.In a small bowl whisk balsamic vinegar,olive oil and garlic until well blended.Pour over the quinoa toss until well blended season with salt and pepper.Chill for 30 mins.Serve.

My husband and I really like this vegetarian Quinoa and Black Bean Chili:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/quinoa-and-black-bean-chili/detail.aspx

I add it to stews, use it instead of rice...

When we are doing Greek, I do lemon Quinoa... Zest the lemon (you will add this at the end) cook the quinoa in a mixture of lemon juice and chicken stock (Squeeze one lemon, then the rest of the fluid is chicken stock)

I also did a Quinoa/blackbean stew which I am taking for lunch...

Stir-fry whatever veggies you want to use (I used red & yellow peppers, zucchini, celery, brocolli, garlic, onion)
Use Chicken Stock or Veggie Stock for fluid - 2 cups fluid, 1 cup quinoa, add 1 can Aylmers Accents tomatoes (whatever flavour you want), add 1 can black beans and the stir-fried veggies, and cook all together for the 15 minutes needed to cook the quinoa. If you want to add a bite, you could put in a bit of salsa, or add some spices.

Depending on the tomatoes, you may need to take the lid off and let some of the liquid cook off afterwards.

I also like to add 1/4 of chopped avocado to mine.

Here is another great one: Mexican Salad

Mexican Salad

1 19 oz tin of black beans, drained and rinsed
1 tin of niblets corn, drained and rinsed
1 red pepper – large dice
2 medium tomatoes diced (or cherry tomatoes)
6 green onions, finely chopped (or one medium white onion – diced)
1 avocado (if not serving right away – add just prior to serving)
1/3 cup lime juice
½ cup olive oil
1 tsp sea salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 clove garlic – pressed or finely chopped

Optional Feta cheese

In salad bowl combine beans, corn, pepper, tomatoes, onions and cheese (if using) Combine lime juice, oil, garlic, salt and cayenne pepper in small jar and shake – pour over salad before serving.

Another Mexican-esque quinoa recipe:

Black quinoa
Chopped avocado
Sweet corn kernels
Chopped red pepper
Lemon juice

These all sound so good!

Yum, yum, yum!

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I can't see to put my hands on the recipe right this moment... but I have a tupperware breakfast cooker and there's a recipe for quinoa in there that is soooo yummy! Will look more and then post, I hope!