This recipe is from All-Recipes.com. I like it because it doesn’t require many fresh vegetables (which are hard to keep around in my kitchen). Just onion and garlic. Everything else is non-perishable.
Spiced quinoa
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp curry powder (can be omitted, but i like the smell)
1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup quinoa
1 1/2 cup vegetable stock
1/2 cup raisins soaked in hot water for 5-10 min before using in dish
1/2 cup pinenuts, toasted before using in dish (see photo)–beware pinenuts cost $8 for a handful. must have been a very bad harvest this year. I omitted this ingredient the first time I made this dish and it tasted just fine.
1 can garbanzo beans (my favorite!!!), rinsed and drained
1. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil in a saucepan. Add quinoa, salt, pepper, curry powder, cumin and cinnamon. Then add vegetable stock.
2. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 min.
3. Mix raisins, garbanzo beans and pinenuts into the quinoa. Enjoy!