Broccoli Spinach Quinoa Soup

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped fine
1 teaspoon sea salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 cup quinoa, rinsed (have we all jumped on the quinoa bandwagon yet?)
2 teaspoons minced garlic
8 cups vegetable broth (feel free to use chicken broth instead)
5 cups chopped broccoli
1 russet potato, peeled and chopped
10 ounces Spinach (1 frozen package, thawed and drained)
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese

Okay, here's what you do ...

Heat olive oil in a large stock pan. Add onion, salt and pepper and cook for 10 to 12 minutes, until tender. Add quinoa and garlic and stir for one to two minutes. Add in vegetable broth, broccoli and potato. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 35 minutes. Remove cover and add spinach, salt and peppers. Cook until spinach is wilted.
Remove from heat, and allow to cool. When cool enough to handle, transfer to a blender and puree in batches. Return to the pan and heat to low, add cheese and cook until melted.

I'm sharing some leftovers with a co-worker today. Can't wait to have my lunch!

I just made this tonight, and it was a hit with the whole family!

http://breesblisss.blogspot.ca/2013/02/broccoli-spinach-quinoa-soup.html

Only 214 calories per serving, and very filling!

Looks great, I'm going to try it. Question, how did you figure out the calories per serving? I didnt see it listed with the recipe.

I submitted it as a recipe here on mfp, and it did a whole workup of the recipe. Not sure if it's been published yet. Off to search for it!

I just made this tonight, and it was a hit with the whole family!

http://breesblisss.blogspot.ca/2013/02/broccoli-spinach-quinoa-soup.html

Only 214 calories per serving, and very filling!

Looks great, I'm going to try it. Question, how did you figure out the calories per serving? I didnt see it listed with the recipe.

I submitted it as a recipe here on mfp, and it did a whole workup of the recipe. Not sure if it's been published yet. Off to search for it!

I'm new to MFP, I must not have come across that part of the site yet. I'll to look around a little more and find it, that sounds like a very handy feature of the site!

When you are adding your food, there is a tab at the top called "recipes". you can enter your own recipes by adding one ingredient at a time, and it will do the whole workup for you.
I also chose to add it to the database, but I wasn't able to find it today. It probably needs tie to publish or something.

Enjoy!