Red Pepper and Onion Quinoa

On Wednesday, I decided it was time I cooked something out of the Eat Clean Diet Book.  I was particularly interested in the Red Pepper and Onion Quinoa which in the books states that even the biggest junk food addict would love it!

The Ingredients:

3 gloves of garlic minced
1 medium yellow onion chopped
2 cups of quinoa (rinsed)
1 large red pepper chopped
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
4 cups of Vegetable stock (the original recipe calls for vegetable cubes and 4 cups of water, so I just used vegetable stock as a substitute).
1/2 tsp of Sea Salt

Directions (taken from the Eat Clean Diet Book):
Step #1 - Heat wok or large pan with olive oil and add the garlic, salt, and onion.  Heat until onion starts to turn brown.

Step #2 - Add Red onion and continue to heat ingredients until the onions are carmelized.

Step #3 - Add the quinoa and vegetable stock and bring to a simmer.

Step #4 - After 5 minutes of simmering, stir everything around and then continue to simmer until all the water is absorbed.  The recipe said 35 minutes, but my pot absorbed in 12!  Good thing I was keeping a close watch!  When you remove the pan from heat, fluff the quinoa with a fork.

While the quinoa was cooking I also steamed some chicken that was marinating in Kraft Fat Free Balsamic Vinigrette and Nutritional Yeast.

Into the rice cooker to steam for 8 minutes! 

VOILA!

It was light and delicious and filling!  I will definitely make this again.  I think this time, something of a beef variety for the meat.