| There are a lot of ways on how to cook quinoa | | | | cooking until everything is tender. Season with salt |
| but for this article, I'll share a few of my favorite | | | | and pepper and then add the shrimp. If the |
| scrumptious lunch recipes. I grew up eating rice | | | | shrimp turns into C-form then it means it's done. |
| every single day and when I found out about | | | | In a large bowl, mix the shrimp with quinoa and |
| quinoa and the many benefits it offers, I never | | | | toss it with parsley. |
| went back to rice anymore. | | | | Another way on how to cook quinoa for lunch is |
| Shrimp and quinoa is probably my favorite, fills me | | | | to mix black beans with it. All you need is 2 |
| up really good and I just love the combination of | | | | ½ to 3 cups of cooked quinoa, 1 teaspoon |
| the ingredients. It's also easy to whip it up so I | | | | of vegetable oil, chopped onion, chopped garlic, |
| make this recipe a lot. To make this, you need 1 | | | | pinch of ground cumin, pinch of cayenne pepper, |
| cup of uncooked quinoa, 1 ½ cups of | | | | salt and pepper to taste, 2 cans of drained black |
| water, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 chopped onion, | | | | beans and chopped cilantro. |
| 1 red bell pepper, ½ cup sliced mushrooms, | | | | Heat the oil and sauté the garlic and onion, |
| 6 chopped fresh asparagus spears, 1 tablespoon | | | | mix the quinoa and season it with cumin, cayenne |
| minced ginger, salt and pepper to taste, 1 pound | | | | pepper, salt and pepper. Stir for about 5 minutes |
| peeled and deveined medium shrimp and 2 | | | | and put the rest of the ingredients. |
| tablespoons of lime juice. | | | | You can find more ways on how to cook quinoa |
| Cook the quinoa and then set it aside. Sautee the | | | | by searching over the internet and joining in some |
| onion and bell pepper in olive oil, mix in the | | | | forums. |
| mushrooms, asparagus and ginger, continue | | | | |