Move over rice, there’s a new stir fry component in town.
Quinoa is a complete source of protein, and is packed with all kinds of nutrients. I might need to do a whole post on how awesome it is. If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a chance!
Since I’ve still been on a “fried rice” kick, I whipped up a super heathy stir fry, which came together in about 20 minutes (including chopping time) and it’s definitely going to be a staple in the dinner rotation.
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Easy stir fry with lots of protein and veggies!
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry quinoa
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots
- 3/4 cup sugar snap peas
- 1 cup broccoli
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp siracha (or other hot sauce)
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa under cold water and set aside.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and add the quinoa, cooking for 8-12 minutes (check the box, depending on the brand).
- While that’s cooking, start cooking your onion, in 2 tsp olive oil, over medium heat.
- Add in chopped bell pepper, carrots, peas and broccoli.
- I added in the soy sauce right away, so that I didn’t need to add more oil. It helped the veggies absorb the flavor.
- Push the veggies to one side of the pan, and crack the egg into the clear side of the pan.
- Gently stir it and before it’s fully cooked, add in the quinoa.
- Gently fold the egg into the quinoa, until the egg is completely cooked.
- Then stir up everything in your pan, and top with hot sauce.
This will probably make a second appearance over the weekend.
In other news, I’ve still been running! You guys gave me some great tips. I’m looking for another race to sign up for, but in the meantime, I’ve been trading my elliptical sessions for treadmill runs, and it’s keeping me going!
Of course, I’m still loving circuit workouts, and HIIT training (The twins know what I mean!)
Love love love this! Quinoa is the bomb, I just love how versatile it is! 🙂
I know! I keep finding new ways to use it!
Wow, I am making this ASAP!
this looks incredible!! I just had a huge batch of quinoa last night with some black beans and stir fried veggies. Yummy 🙂
Ohhh that sounds awesome!!! I also like it sweet, with dried cranberries and apples! It’s so versatile!
I loooooove quinoa (and the funny-looking rice comment, haha). There definitely needs to be more of it in my life–great idea to use it in stir fry! And to add sriracha. Because what isn’t better with sriracha?
This is a great idea! I love quinoa. I usually make it into a cold salad with apples, green onions and bell peppers with a drizzle of honey and a splash of vinegar. Yum.
This might just have to be what I take to work for lunch this week. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmfried quinoa.
I love quinoa but never know how to make it interesting. Will definitely be trying this!
Oh I *totally* make this. Literally every other week! =)
love your new i hear veggies photos!!!
Isn’t amazingly delicious?!
Heck yes! I use quinoa as a base for a lot of things
It’s amazing how it can be sweet, savory, or spicy!
Oh you are so lucky! I love to use quinoa in the place of rice, but I have yet to get my husband to try it. He absolutely refuses! I keep telling him that it doesn’t tase bad and subs just fine. Maybe one day I can figure out how to sneak it in without him knowing it.
This looks great! Isn’t it just our wonderful fate that we are constantly trying to sneak these things past our hubbies – *giant smile* – this looks fab!
I’ve made a quinoa soup before, and it was pretty good! Your dish looks great 🙂
I LOVE Quinoa! It is high in protein and low in fat, which is awesome, and it is so versatile in different recipes. Also, the fact that it is naturally Gluten-Free is a plus. You should try these Quinoa-Corn patties that I made the other day:
http://lovetolivehealthyliving.com/recipies/gluten-free-recipes/quinoa-corn-patties/
They are delicious and healthy too 😉
I’ll definitely check them out!!! Thanks, Bonnie! 🙂
I love quinoa! I just recently made it for the first time and am looking for new recipes so I am definitely going to make this!
I love this dish! It looks amazing! I just made quinoa for the first time recently and have been on the hunt for new recipes – I love this one!
Quinoa is one of my favorite foods! This one time I was in the dining hall and they had quinoa (which is my fav day). So someone was like, “what is quinoa?” They totally butchered the name of course. So I had a good time explaining what it was to them 🙂
Thumb’s up for quinoa. One of my favorites. With veggies, chili, soup, fruit…
Haha I love the title of this post!! I love quinoa, it’s so great in summer salad recipes and I love the idea of using it for a fried rice too!
I love quinoa! It’s so delicious and is the perfect grain, in my opinion… except that it’s not technically a grain! This recipe looks delicious – I’ll have to try it!
I loveee quinoa. It’s the grain of the gods!
yum! love quinoa
I love quinoa! I’ve been thinking of making a veggie stir fry – this looks so good!
That sounds delicious! What a great way to eat quinoa and lots of veggies! <3
Love quinoa. Totally my fave type of dinner!