HEALTHY QUINOA FRIED RICE BOWL

  A fried rice type dish can actually be a healthy meal if made at home. It’s a quick and easy skillet meal that allows you to use whatever grain, vegetables, and protein you have on hand. If you have leftover quinoa, and like fried rice, you definitely want to try this quinoa “fried rice”. Make it for a quick weeknight dinner or make it during your weekend meal prep to use for work lunches. 

Actually like with standard singed rice, quinoa seared rice works best with extra quinoa that was cooked a day or more previously. In any case, you can utilize quinoa that you cooked that very day. What you need to do is cool the quinoa prior to utilizing it. To do that immediately, spread your cooked quinoa on a preparing dish and pop it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes or until it's no longer warm.Start by cooking the protein that you will utilize. This formula is vegan and just uses eggs, yet you can surely utilize chicken or shrimp also. When your protein is cooked, eliminate it from the dish and put it away. You'll add it back in toward the end.

Then, you'll cook the vegetables. For this formula, that incorporates onion, carrots, and peas. Notwithstanding, singed rice is flexible so go ahead and utilize different vegetables that you might have. Diced red ringer pepper, broccoli florets, or destroyed cabbage would be acceptable as well.

This is likewise the progression where you will add the aromatics: garlic + ginger. In the event that you don't have new garlic or ginger, you can utilize 1 teaspoon of garlic powder or ground ginger powder instead.fter the vegetables are cooked, add more oil to the skillet to "fry" the quinoa. When the oil is warmed, add the chilled quinoa and soy sauce to the skillet. Whenever everything is consolidated add a little toasted sesame oil to the combination. This will add some extra nutty and umami like character. At long last, add back the cooked egg and you're finished!

Quinoa seared rice will remain new in the cooler for as long as 5 days in case it's put away in a sealed shut holder. This dish can be eaten warmed or at room temperature so it makes a decent no-heat lunch that you can take to work. Add some red pepper chips or sriracha assuming you need to brighten up it.

Quinoa "fried rice", a variation on traditional fried rice, made with quinoa, onions, carrots, peas, eggs, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Try this skillet meal for your meal prep or a quick weeknight dinner.

Ingredients

• 4 cups cooked and chilled quinoa
• 3 tablespoons avocado oil (can also use coconut or olive oil)
• 2 eggs
• 1 medium onion, chopped (yellow or red onion)
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup soy sauce (use tamari or coconut aminos if gluten-free)
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Cook the eggs

•  Whisk the eggs in a small bowl. Heat one teaspoon of avocado oil in a skillet over medium heat and add the eggs. Use a spatula to gently stir the eggs until they are cooked through. Transfer the eggs to a plate, use the spatula to break up the cooked egg into small pieces, and then set aside.

Cook the vegetables

• Heat two teaspoons of oil in the skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion and carrot and cook for 5 minutes until they soften.  Add the peas, garlic, and ginger and cook another 2 minutes.

"Fry" the quinoa

• Add 2 tablespoons of avocado oil to the skillet with the vegetables. Once the oil is heated, add the quinoa and soy sauce and stir to combine. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently to “fry” the quinoa. Add the sesame oil and cooked egg and stir for another minute to combine everything. Season with salt and pepper.