Thursday, March 17, 2011

Healthy Recipes: Bacon Onion Mushroom Zucchini Quinoa

This is one my newest and is now my favourite quinoa recipe so far.  Quinoa is my seed of choice, see my superfood article to understand why

Ingredients:
Salt/Pepper
2 strips of bacon
1/4 white onion
6 white mushrooms
1/2 cup of zucchini
1 cup quinoa
2 cups chicken broth


Pour a drizzle of oil into pan and heat until oil is hot
Add bacon and cook until it is crisp
Drain excess oil from pan
Add onions and mushrooms and stir until soft
Add zucchini and stir for 1 minute

Poor quinoa into pot with 2 cups of chicken broth
Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, then turn to low and let simmer for 10-15 minutes
Fluff quinoa with a fork
Mix quinoa into bacon mixture and stir
Allow to cool and serve

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