Mushroom quinoa with spinach
This simple mushroom quinoa with spinach is a dish that can be enjoyed as a light meal and served as a side dish too. It's a vegan and gluten-free dish that can be prepared within 35 minutes.
Servings 4
Calories 223kcal
Equipment
- 1 large skillet or cooking pan
- 1 saucepan or small pot with a lid
- Spatula
- Knife and chopping board
Ingredients
Ingredients to cook quinoa
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa around 170 grams
- 2 cups water
Other ingredients
- 250 grams button mushrooms sliced
- 1 medium red onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 cups baby spinach roughly chopped
- 2 stalks spring onion finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice adjust to taste
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes adjust to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Rinse quinoa and put in a pot. Add water and cook uncovered for 12-15 minutes or until all the water in the pot gets absorbed.
- Turn off the heat and cover the pot with a lid. Leave for 5 minutes then remove the lid. Fluff quinoa with a fork and keep it aside.
- While the quinoa is resting, heat oil in a pan. Add chopped onion and saute until it becomes translucent.
- Add sliced mushrooms and minced garlic. Cook until all the moisture released by mushrooms dries up.
- Add thyme, red pepper flakes, ground black pepper, and salt. Saute for a few seconds.
- Add cooked quinoa, baby spinach, and green onion. Mix and cook until the spinach leaves get wilted. Turn off the heat.
- Finally add some fresh lemon juice and mix.
Video
Notes
- You can also cook quinoa in vegetable stock or mushroom stock for more flavor.
- Season the mushrooms generously otherwise after adding quinoa the dish will taste bland.
- You may add more vegetables to this quinoa dish like bell peppers, green beans, green peas, carrots, beans, cauliflower, or broccoli.
- Ingredients like cooked chickpeas, black beans, sauteed tofu, or sweet corn kernels can also be added to mushroom quinoa if you want to make a more hearty side dish.
- Cheese lovers may sprinkle some parmesan cheese on the final dish. Vegans may add nutritional yeast.
- More recipe tips and tricks are shared in the post above, please follow them to make this recipe.
Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 30mg | Potassium: 599mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1557IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 3mg