Easy Garden Quinoa

• 1 cup quinoa uncooked
• 2 cups vegetable stock low sodium
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil or canola oil
• 1/2 cup yellow onion chopped
• 1 small carrots peeled and finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 pinch seasoning, Mrs Dash or your favorite seasoning blend
• 1 tablespoon italian parsley fresh, chopped

1. Rinse and drain the quinoa in cold water 3 times; set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan, heat oil.
3. Add the onion, carrot and garlic.
4. Saute for 2 minutes.
5. Add the rinsed and drained quinoa and stir to coat with the vegetables; saute 1 minute.
6. Add the vegetable stock and bring to a boil.
7. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
8. Remove from heat and add the seasoning mix and chopped parsley.
9. Serve hot or at room temperature.
10. NOTE: Looks great if you mold the quinoa in a ramekin and garnish with fresh parsley sprigs.

quinoa, vegetable stock, vegetable oil, yellow onion, carrots, garlic, blend, italian parsley

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/easy-garden-quinoa-53372 (may not work)