My sister and I have recently started to get into using quinoa as a replacement for rice. It super healthy and very easy to make. My sister texted me what she had for dinner the other day and I thought it sounded so delicious I had to try it… it turned out great! I modified her recipe to work with the ingredients I had handy.
It was very easy and took probably 20 minutes. First I defrosted and cut up one mild italian sausage. Spicy sausage would have been delicious in this as well. While it was frying on medium heat, I cut up red and yellow bell peppers into chunks, cut up a few mushrooms, onion, broccoli and garlic. After the sausage was almost completely cooked I tossed in all the vegetables except for the broccoli. While those were all frying up together I started cooking the quinoa. I used 1/4 of a cup of quinoa and 1/2 a cup of chicken broth and followed the bag instructions. That was a perfect amount for a one person serving. The bag of quinoa suggested 15 minutes for cooking time, but mine didn't take quite that long.
Back to the sausage and vegetables! Without measuring I tossed in some white wine that we had sitting in the fridge. This just added some flavour and produced a little steam. I tossed in the broccoli pieces and put a pot top over the pan so that the broccoli would steam a little. Alternatively I could have cooked the broccoli a little first in the microwave or a separate pot, but this was faster and worked out fine! For a final touch on the sausage and vegetable mix I added some thyme. After both the quinoa and the sausage/veggie mix were all cooked I tossed the two of them together. And volià, you have yourself a quinoa, sausage and vegetable salad! Thanks Jess for sending me this recipe!
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