orange scented quinoa with turkey, peacans & cranberries

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 489.6

Total Fat: 14.3 g
Cholesterol: 97.6 mg
Sodium: 259.2 mg
Total Carbs: 38.8 g
Dietary Fiber: 8.6 g
Protein: 50.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of orange scented quinoa with turkey, peacans & cranberries calories by ingredient

Introduction

from clean eating magazine from clean eating magazine

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Minutes to Cook: 25

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

-1.75 cups low sodium chicken broth

-1/2 tsp kosher salt

-1 organge

-1 cup quinoa

-1/4 cup dried cranberries

-1/3 cup unsalted pecans, chopped

-1 cup spinach

-20oz or 1 and 1/2 cups turkey (already cooked)

Directions

1. in a 3 qt saucepan, bring broth and salt to a boil. add juice from orange and quinoa, reduce heat to low, cover and cook until quinoa has absorbed all the liquid, approx 10-15 minutes. full quinoa with fork before adding other ingredients.

2. while quinoa cooks, soak cranberries in 1 cup hot water until softened, about 5 minutes. remove cranberries from water and squeeze away excess liquid. discard soaking water and chop cranberries finely.

3. place pecans in a small nonstick skiller over medium-high heat and cook for 5 minutes, stirring or tossing frequently, until pecans are fragrant and slightly golden.

4. gently stil cranberries, pecans, spinach and turkey breask into quinoa.

makes 4 servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIANEMARY126.