Beneficial Vegetable Quinoa Recipe With Goat Cheese (30 Minutes) by Jan Mostrom

The other night it was icy and cold outside. We were getting ready to leave town and I just didn’t want to go back to the grocery store. So guess what? I didn’t need to and hopefully you won’t either with this simple and filling sauteed vegetables and quinoa recipe with goat cheese that you can make in about 30 minutes!

To make this easy quinoa recipe you need just a few wholesome ingredients. Here is your gluten-free shopping list: quinoa, fresh spinach, a lemon for juicing and zesting, sweet peppers, goat cheese, Parmesan cheese, crushed red pepper flakes and olive oil.

Did I mention the health benefits of quinoa, health benefits of peppers and the health benefits of spinach? This healthy recipe not only benefits your taste buds, but also your body! Serve this healthy vegetable and grain recipe for lunch or dinner. It can be a healthy side dish with your favorite protein or a vegetarian main dish.

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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup quinoa (uncooked)
• 3 - 6 ounces fresh spinach, de-stemmed
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 2 sweet peppers, thinly sliced 
• 4 ounces goat cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (divided)
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• olive oil

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Recipe Notes

• Feel free to use pasta of any kind if you don’t care for quinoa, or just want to change it up.

• Sauté any cut up vegetables you would like in step two. Mushrooms, any greens instead of spinach, onions or any of your favorites! Just make sure you sauté them until they are soft.

• If you don’t like goat cheese you can sub feta.

• Any color peppers will do but I prefer not to use green peppers.

Here's how to make it: 

1. Rinse quinoa and cook according to package instructions.
2. While your quinoa cooks, heat a large skillet over medium heat and add a bit of olive oil (a tablespoon is a good place to start). Add the sliced peppers and sauté until they begin to get soften. Add the spinach and a bit of salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes, if desired. Stir in lemon zest and juice.
3. Reduce heat to low and stir in quinoa. Mix well. Crumble goat cheese and half the Parmesan over the top and stir until the cheese is melted and combined with quinoa and vegetables.
4. Serve warm topped with remaining Parmesan.

Nutrition Facts Per Serving

Calories: 312

Total Fat: 18g

Saturated Fat: 9.4g

Cholesterol: 39mg

Sodium: 276mg

Total Carbohydrate: 22.9g

Dietary Fiber: 4.6g

Total Sugars: 4.6g

Protein: 18.4g

Vitamin D: 0mcg

Calcium: 460mg

Iron: 4mg

Potassium: 693mg

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