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Quinoa and Greens- paired recipe

PAIRED WITH SIRLOIN SALAD This is a paired recipe only if you want to top the quinoa and greens with top sirloin steak strips made for the Sirloin Salad. Quinoa is the one grain source which has all 8 essential amino acids and is often a vegetarian meal together with vegetables, but this is also very tasty with the meat. You decide. Watch the video to make your own prep time go faster!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Course: Red Meat, Under 30 min., Vegetarian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cup(s) quinoa
  • 2 cup(s) water
  • 1 1/2 cup(s) broth
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 onion chopped fine
  • 2 garlic clove(s) crushed
  • 6 oz(s) button mushrooms chopped
  • 4 cup(s) collard greens ribbed and thinly sliced
  • 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 carrots shaved with vegetable peeler

Method
 

  1. Prep Work: Chop onion, mushrooms and greens; store separately. Cook quinoa.
  2. Heat dry quinoa in a little (1 Tbsp.) oil in a skillet. Stir frequently for a few minutes while quinoa "roasts" to enhance flavor.
  3. Add water and broth to skillet and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cover quinoa for 15 min., or until liquid absorbed. Season with salt and pepper and a little butter or olive oil if desired.
  4. While quinoa cooks, heat 2 Tbsp. of oil in another skillet. Saute onion 2 min., then add mushrooms and garlic for another 3 min.
  5. Add greens with crushed red pepper and another 1/4 c. broth or water (for yield of 6). Cover pan and simmer for 10 min. or until greens are tender.
  6. Add a shaved carrot. Serve vegetables over 1 c. of quinoa and top with leftover sirloin if desired. (adapted from naturalhealing.com "Quinoa with Braised Collards" Nov.2010)