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quinoa with vegetables

I'd been wanting to try quinoa for ages ... well it finally happened and I gotta tell ya it is delicious and it's one of those darn super foods. Up there high on the list with salmon, broccoli and blueberries. Super easy to cook and very versatile, it can be made into sweetish things like breakfast cereal or quinoa pudding (second cousin to rice pudding) or as a substitute for rice or pasta in any savoury dish. We ate it the first time as a side dish with barbecued salmon.

Quinoa & vegetables

1 cup quinoa
1 cup water
1 cup no salt added chicken broth

Put water, broth & quinoa into a pot, and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low and let simmer 12 minutes with the lid on. Remove lid, fluff a bit like you would cooking bulgur or rice. Add whatever extras you like or use plain. My additions -

1 grated carrot
1 cup fresh peas
1 cup corn
3 green onion/scallions finely chopped
handful of chopped chives
12 or so grape tomatoes halved

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