This month I want to share another one of my favourite recipes from the “The Beauty Detox Foods” book. I love all kinds of vegetables, as well as quinoa. Very often for dinner I will make Kimberly Snyder’s “Quinoa Ten-Veggie Fried Rice”.  I love the fact that it is very light meal, easy to make and it is packed with many different veggies. I usually alternate the vegetables, or add some additional to what is listed in the recipe. But if you want to make it just like Kimberly’s recipe, then here is a list of all the ingredients you will need  

Ingredients:

• 2 cups quinoa (1 cup = 250gr)
• 4 cups filtered water
• 2 Tbs. unrefined coconut oil
• 1 cup diced white onions (I usually use one mid size onion)
• 1 cup diced scallions
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 Tbs. minced gingerroot (I usually use about 2cm & I peel it)
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 cups coarsely chopped shiitake mushroom tops (I usually just use regular mushrooms)
• 1.5 tsp. raw apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup low sodium tamari
• 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
• 1 red pepper, cubed
• 2 cups Chinese broccoli (I use only normal broccoli)
• 225gr green beans
• 1 Tbs. raw coconut nectar or maple syrup
• 1/2 cup sliced radishes
• 225gr snowpea shoots
• 1 Tbs. sesame oil

I usually add zucchini, cauliflower and yellow peppers

Directions:

• quinoa:
  • soak the quinoa overnight, and before cooking rinse well
  • cook the quinoa by following the instructions on the package – quinoa needs double the water.
• vegetables:
  • heat the coconut oil in a large pan
  • add the onions and scallions and cook until the onions are translucent
  • add the garlic and cook for a minute
  • add the ginger, miso, carrots and the mushrooms and cook for a few minutes
  • stir in the tamari, red pepper flakes and the raw apple cider vinegar
  • add the rest of the vegetables (except for the snowpea shoots and radishes)
  • stir in the raw coconut nectar
  • add the radishes and snowpea shoots at the very end (cook for max 3 more min)
  • remove the pan from the heat and add the sesame oil, as well as add salt and pepper

I know that it looks like a lot of chopping, but once you have prepared the dish a few times then you get used to it. Enjoy and let me know how you liked it! Share also some of your favourite recipes.

Stay healthy,

Anna