Quinoa questions..

[Over50Newbie]

I love quinoa!

Here is my favorite recipe -

Lynette

Quinoa with Chick Peas

2 cups of quinoa
2 cans of chick peas (also called garbanzo beans)
olive oil
2 big cloves of garlic - chopped
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1 small bag of slivered almonds
hot sauce to taste
salt and pepper to taste
fresh rosemary to taste
juice of a lime or lemon (optional)

Cook quinoa according to directions on the box. Put into a casserole dish.

Preheat Oven to 450°
Rinse chick peas and spread them out onto a baking sheet. Don’t pile them onto each other; make sure that your pan is big enough so that they are in one layer on the pan. Drizzle them with olive oil. Roast them until light brown and starting to crack. Add them to the quinoa.

In a frying pan, drizzle some olive oil and add onions. Cook on medium-high heat until caramelized. Add garlic and cook until tender. If the mixture becomes too dry, add a little more olive oil. Add almonds and cook until toasted. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add stewed tomatoes. Lower heat and cook for 5 minutes until the stewed tomatoes are incorporated into the rest of the ingredients. Add hot sauce (either Tabasco or a Louisiana Hot Sauce) to your liking. My family likes it spicy.

Add the onion mixture to the casserole.

Add fresh rosemary to taste.

Add the juice of a lime or lemon (optional)

Mix well.

Serve immediately or you can refrigerate it and heat it back up the next day.

We like it better the next day!