"QuinoAvocado" [Keen-wahv-o-cado]
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 193.3
- Total Fat: 10.3 g
- Cholesterol: 3.9 mg
- Sodium: 333.7 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.8 g
- Protein: 4.4 g
View full nutritional breakdown of "QuinoAvocado" [Keen-wahv-o-cado] calories by ingredient
Introduction
Makes an 'excellent' dish for lunch or as a 'side' for dinner (1/2-3/4 serving amount).The avocado adds a 'nutty flavour to the already 'aromatic' taste of the quinoa.
Be careful, it's tasty and very 'addictive' and too much of it can add up the carbs. Makes an 'excellent' dish for lunch or as a 'side' for dinner (1/2-3/4 serving amount).
The avocado adds a 'nutty flavour to the already 'aromatic' taste of the quinoa.
Be careful, it's tasty and very 'addictive' and too much of it can add up the carbs.
Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients
Ingredients:
• *Ancient Harvest Traditional Whole Grain Quinoa, 1 serving =.25 cup dry, 225 grams
• Avocados, California (Haas), 1 fruit without skin and seeds
• Onions, raw, 1 cup, chopped
• Olives/black-Unico-5 olives, 18 gram(s)
• Peppers, sweet, red, fresh, 1 cup, chopped
• Jalapeno Peppers, .5 cup, (diced)
• Tomatoes, Roma, Fresh, 1 Med, diced (1.5 serving)
• Butter, unsalted, .5 tbsp
• Salt, .5 tsp
• Chili powder, .5 tsp
• Thyme, fresh,crushed .5 tsp
• Garlic powder, .5 tsp
• Basil, .5 tbsp
Tips
Serve with sides of fresh cucumber mixed with low-cal sour cream (with a couple pinches of 'hot' Hungarian paprika)
Directions
Cook quinoa as usual-pour 225 grams into 2 cups of boiling water; sprinkle salt into the water with the quimoa. When contents comes to a head move to 'low' heat for 12-15 mins. When done sit to the side.
In a hot wok; put in 1/2 cup of water with butter. When wok starts to 'sizzle', put in all spices (chili powder, thyme , basil and garlic powder).
Stir in onions, tomatoes, olives and peppers into hot wok: mix into the hot spices (2-3 mins.).
Pour the quinoa into the 'hot' wok; stir into the veggies, remove from heat and cover.
Dice an avocado and stir (do not cook avocado) into the mix just before the lid is put on...;
Ready to serve
Serving Size: Makes 4 1-cup servings
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HUNKAHERSCH.
In a hot wok; put in 1/2 cup of water with butter. When wok starts to 'sizzle', put in all spices (chili powder, thyme , basil and garlic powder).
Stir in onions, tomatoes, olives and peppers into hot wok: mix into the hot spices (2-3 mins.).
Pour the quinoa into the 'hot' wok; stir into the veggies, remove from heat and cover.
Dice an avocado and stir (do not cook avocado) into the mix just before the lid is put on...;
Ready to serve
Serving Size: Makes 4 1-cup servings
Number of Servings: 4
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HUNKAHERSCH.