Healthy Quinoa Bowl

Quinoa is a great source of protein and it is gluten-free!

This recipe is great as a breakfast bowl or a lunch snack, and it is super healthy. It feeds 1-2 people, and can also be used as a side salad.

Ingredients:

• 1/2-cup sprouted quinoa (you can use normal quinoa, too)
• 3/4-cup water
• 1/2-tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2-tsp fennel seeds
• 1 large clove or 2 small cloves garlic, freshly crushed and set aside in a small bowl
• 3/4-cup fresh parsley
• 1/3-cup pistachios
• Squirt of flax oil
• Fresh lemon

Instructions:

First, wash the quinoa and put it in a pot.

Start to brown the quinoa on medium heat for 2-3 minutes.

Add the cumin and fennel seeds and stir for another minute.

Add the water to the pot and turn the heat down. Cook for 21 minutes.

Chop the fresh parsley into a bowl

Shell the pistachios, or if they are already shelled, add them to the bowl. The amount is arbitrary–if you really like pistachios, add more.

When the quinoa is cooked, add the crushed garlic to the pot and mix it with the hot quinoa for about a minute.

Once the garlic is mixed, slowly pour the quinoa into the bowl with the parsley and pistachios, mixing the ingredients as you pour.

Now add the flax oil–a few squirts–more if you like the taste.

Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice over the quinoa, again, as much as you like depending on your taste.

Mix everything up once more and serve.

Substitutions:

If you don’t like pistachios, you could swap them out for crushed pecans.

If you like shallots, you could chop them up and add them with the garlic to the quinoa after it is cooked.