Mexican Style Quinoa

Mexican Style Quinoa Ingredients:

• 1 cup Quinoa
• 1 bunch Green onion
• 1 large clove of garlic
• 1/4 red onion
• 1/2 red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup cilantro finely chopped
• couple of jalapenos (depending on how much heat you want)

Slow cooked Black Beans:

• Add a bag of black beans to slow cooker (for 3-4 hours on high heat or overnight on low heat) with 1/4 white onion, 2 cloves of garlic, and about 5-6 cups of water ( enough to cover past beans) and Salt to taste.

Cilantro Lime Greek sauce:

• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1/2 lemon
• 1/2 clove of garlic
• cilantro finely chopped
• 1/2 jalapeno
• S&P ( to taste)

Preparation quinoa:

• I used my rice cooker to cook my quinoa ( 1 cup quinoa 2 cups water ) or you can make it on the stove.
• in a hot skillet put red onions, red bell peppers, jalapenos, green onion, & garlic.
• Then add quinoa and cilantro to the pot.
• Then serve

preparation Cilantro garlic sauce:

• mince up garlic, jalapenos and cilantro and add in bowl
• then add yogurt and lemon
• mix and serve

This plate is loaded in protein, complex carbohydrates, omegas, iron and fiber!!! ENJOY :)