Quinoa Pilaf
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 193.9
- Total Fat: 5.7 g
- Cholesterol: 1.8 mg
- Sodium: 438.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 29.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
- Protein: 6.9 g
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Introduction
You can lighten this recipe up by using non-fat parm but I love it this way and it still is a reasonable calorie count. The quinoa makes this pilaf extra nutritional. One of my family's favorite sides. Could also be a good main meal by adding cubed chicken breast or just leave vegetarian (use vegetable stock instead of chicken). Sometimes I add a different variety of veggies like green beans. You can lighten this recipe up by using non-fat parm but I love it this way and it still is a reasonable calorie count. The quinoa makes this pilaf extra nutritional. One of my family's favorite sides. Could also be a good main meal by adding cubed chicken breast or just leave vegetarian (use vegetable stock instead of chicken). Sometimes I add a different variety of veggies like green beans.Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
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1 cup dry quinoa
2 cups canned chicken broth
1 T olive oil
1 T Smart Balance Light Spread
2 cloves of garlic minced
.5 cup diced carrots
.5 cup diced onion
.5 cup diced celery
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
.5 cup shredded parmesean cheese
Directions
Chop and set aside vegetables and garlic. In a saucepan combine chicken stock and quinoa. Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling reduce heat to low and cook like rice, leaving covered to simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and quinoa is tender.
While this is cooking melt the Smart Balance and olive oil in a large skillet. Saute vegetables and garlic in this oil until tender. Keep warm until quinoa is done then add quinoa to the skillet with the vegetables. Mix well. Stir in parmesean cheese just before serving.
This makes about 8 1/2-cup servings.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CLINARD.
While this is cooking melt the Smart Balance and olive oil in a large skillet. Saute vegetables and garlic in this oil until tender. Keep warm until quinoa is done then add quinoa to the skillet with the vegetables. Mix well. Stir in parmesean cheese just before serving.
This makes about 8 1/2-cup servings.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CLINARD.
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