Quinoa Mix Up

It has been awhile since my last post but that doesn't mean I have stopped cooking! As mentioned in an earlier post my school/work life has been slightly hectic, so finding time to write up my recipes and post them has been tough (especially with the slowest internet in the entire universe).

So here is a delicious and quick quinoa recipe.
 (Sorry no picture but I promise it looks great!)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of quinoa
• 2 cups of water
• 2 cups of spinach
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• Tomato basil pasta sauce 

 Now to mix it up all together!

• Start off my cooking your quinoa. Follow the recipe on the box, mine said to mix 1 cup of quinoa with 2 cups of water, and bring to a boil. Then bring it to a simmer and cover until all of the water is absorbed.
• The quinoa takes about 15 minutes to cook, so while it's cooking, you can work on the spinach.
• Heat up a skillet to about a medium heat, add the olive oil and chopped garlic clove.
• Cook the garlic till it is lightly browned, then add the spinach.
• Saute the spinach until it is a deep green and has decreased in size substantially. 
• Place the sauted spinach and garlic in the bottom of a bowl and layer on top the finished quinoa.
• Top it all off with some pasta sauce (how ever much you would like) and enjoy!

This will make about two bowls and will really be quite a satisfying meal. With quinoa being a complete protein, vegetables being great fillers for your tummy and garlic having tremendous healing powers, this meal is something your body will thank you for.

Hope you enjoy!