Black Beans and Quinoa
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- Number of Servings: 3
Ingredients
0.5 cup dry quinoa1 cup vegetable broth1 red pepper, chopped2 cloves garlic, diced1 small bunch fresh cilantro, chopped3 green onions, chopped1 can black beans, rinsedJuice from half of a limeDash of dry chipotle chile pepper1 avocado, chopped
1. Place quinoa and vegetable broth in a 2 quart saucepan. Heat to boiling, then cover and turn heat to low. Simmer for 15 minutes.
2. While quinoa cooks, prep veggies and beans.
3. Heat oil in pan. Sautee garlic and pepper for a minute, just long enough to enhance the garlic and soften the pepper a bit.
4. Mix everything except avocado well. Add avocado as a garnish as needed (don't add to leftovers, it'll get brown very quickly).
Serving Size: Makes 3 generous dinner portions, or several side dish
Number of Servings: 3
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BME_22.
2. While quinoa cooks, prep veggies and beans.
3. Heat oil in pan. Sautee garlic and pepper for a minute, just long enough to enhance the garlic and soften the pepper a bit.
4. Mix everything except avocado well. Add avocado as a garnish as needed (don't add to leftovers, it'll get brown very quickly).
Serving Size: Makes 3 generous dinner portions, or several side dish
Number of Servings: 3
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BME_22.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 351.0
- Total Fat: 12.6 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 464.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 47.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 15.1 g
- Protein: 13.0 g
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