Quinoa Scramble
Did anybody else drink too much green beer last night? I didn't think I had had too much until I woke up this morning feeling like I was coming down with the flu. For lunch I knew I either needed something cheesy and greasy or something incredibly substantial and nutritious.
Lucky for me I decided to go home and cook up something delicious and nutritious. Because we had leftover quinoa in the fridge this was one of the quickest lunches I've ever cooked up.
Quinoa, Spinach, Mushroom and Egg Scramble
2 tbs. toasted pine nuts
4-5 mushrooms, sliced
A big handful or two of fresh spinach
1 egg
3/4 c cooked quinoa
Soy sauce
Olive oil
First, in a dry pan toast your pine nuts until browned. Remove and add a smidge of olive oil. Throw your mushrooms in the pan. As they start to cook throw in all of your spinach and quinoa and sprinkle with soy sauce.
Meanwhile, get an egg scrambling in a separate pan. Or you can omit the egg for a vegan meal. When the egg is just about done scrambling throw it in with your cooking veggies and quinoa - toss in the pine nuts and scramble it all together.
P.S. I'm going to get back into the habit of highlighting local ingredients, in green, to keep myself accountable to my New Years Resolution.
I can't wait til our market opens so that I can buy more local than what is available to me now.
Quinoa is one of the most difficult things to photograph. Props to you - you aced it.
Great blog here!
Amanda - I know - I think deciding to eat local in the dead of winter is going to make this summer feel easy peasy.
Sprout - Thank you! What a nice compliment. I found the hardest part was keeping the steam from fogging up my lense.
This looks delicious! I love quinoa. I have to try this one. I find it so hard to get protein in my diet and quinoa is good for protein right? I'm thinking you should have a quinoa section because you always whip stuff up with it. Well at least for the last little bit that I've found your blog.
Visible Voice - Yes, I think quinoa is high in protein. I also find protein in beans and nuts. But usually my body lets me know (in the form of cravings) what I'm lacking - whether it's protein, iron or any other nutrients.
I'm going to tag my quinoa entries with a quinoa label!
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