Teriyaki Vegetable Quinoa *****

Ah!  dinner time.  I love yummy foods, but we're trying to eat mostly healthy these days.  This dish is bursting with flavor, high in protein, plant based and quick and easy to make.  Now, it did dirty 3 pans, but it was worth the dishes!!  Enjoy.

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Categories: Main dish, No Oil, WFPB, Quick

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Servings: 3

Ingredients:

1 cup Quinoa, rinsed well in cold water

1-1/3 cups water or broth

½ tsp. garlic powder

½ cup red onion, diced

1 red bell pepper, diced

1 cup frozen green beans

1 cup frozen peas and carrots

2-3 garlic cloves, crushed

1 medium zucchini, sliced in half lengthwise and then in ¼’ half circle shapes

Teriyaki Sauce (homemade *see notes for recipe or store bought)

2 green onions, sliced for garnish

Instructions:

1.     Add thoroughly rinsed quinoa to a medium saucepan with the water or broth, and garlic powder.  Bring to a boil.  Cover and immediately lower heat and simmer for 15 minutes.  Turn off heat and let sit for 5 minutes.  Fluff with a fork and serve right away.

2.    While quinoa is cooking, prepare the vegetables.

3.    In a large wok add a few TBSP of water over medium heat, add the onion and cook for about 5 minutes, until the onion starts to soften.  Add more water, if necessary, to prevent burning or sticking.

4.    Add the bell pepper and cook for another few minutes.

5.    Now add the frozen green beans, peas and carrots, and zucchini stir well.  Cover and cook for about 3 minutes or until the zucchini is crisp/tender, or however you prefer.

6.    Build your bowl by adding about 1 cup cooked quinoa, add with 1-1/2 cups cooked veggies, top with 2-3 TBSP teriyaki sauce.  Garnish with sliced green onions.

Notes:

*Teriyaki Sauce –(Make this FIRST if not using store bought sauce, so it has time to cool)

¾ cup coconut
aminos (NOT soy sauce and NOT liquid aminos)

¼ cup plus 2 TBSP pure maple syrup

¼ cup water (or pineapple juice)

2 tsp. finely minced ginger (I use the frozen ginger from Trader Joe’s)

1 -2 cloves garlic, minced or crushed

1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

1-1/2 TBSP brown rice flour

Mix all but flour together.  Whisk in the flour, and heat over medium to boil.  Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Cool for 5 minutes.  If it isn’t as thick as you’d like, you can cook a little longer to reduce and thicken the sauce.

**Other ingredient options: broccoli, mushrooms, pineapple