Quinoa and Spinach Pilaf

Great with any meat.

Step: 1

Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is softened, about 4 minutes. Add quinoa to onion mixture; cook and stir for about 1 minute more.

Step: 2

Pour water over quinoa mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover saucepan, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

Step: 3

Stir spinach and lemon zest into quinoa mixture; season with salt and pepper.

Per Serving: 231 calories; protein 11.4g; carbohydrates 35.8g; fat 6.2g; cholesterol 7.6mg; sodium 145.6mg.

One of most obvious way to choose a side dish is to caught at your main dish (pasta, chicken, seared tofu) and pick something different. When you’re cooking pasta, go for a simple vegetable . Making steak? Go for more light. If you’re want to cooking stir-fry with rice, it must not a good idea to also make a rice salad.

One make sure is also can apply to cooking process . You don’t want to push more often your oven by scheduling three dishes at once in there, or be juggling four pans on the stovetop . But sometimes you can made a dish do double-duty .