Stir fry with quinoa. Whenever I cook quinoa I do it in large batches then freeze them in one cup snack size baggies. I use these for a quinoa and kidney bean pattry recipe, and for quick dinners like stir fry quinoa.

Quinoa tastes soooo good if you fry it after cooking! The nutty flavour comes out and it gets a nice crunch. For a quick dniner of stir fry with quinoa, I usually cheat by buying a bag of precut fresh stirfry veggies, but not frozen. Toss frozen quinoa in a frypan on low heat with a good amount of coconut oil, let defrost in low pan (alternatively you can microwave to defrost), then turn up heat to med high and season with papricka, garlic powder, cumin, coriander, or whatever spices you like, tossing often for 5 minutes until a little crunchy and browned. Use more oil if needed. Set aside, then chuck in your veggies on med high heat, more coconut oil, crushed garlic and diced onion or green onion if not in your mix. Toss and fry for 3-5 minutes until bright and steaming but not floppy and overcooked (the more raw the better!) I splash juice of a quarter lemon, bit of soy sauce or balsamic vinegar once off the heat. You can either mix it all up or serve the veg on top of the quinoa, a sprinkle or seeds or nuts on top is a nice finish.

Optional addition is meat of course, sometimes I will bake a fish fillet while doing the above, or I will fry tofu, or use a leftover meat up.

If you use precut stir fry veggies, and keep one cup portions of quinoa in the freezer, this is super quick, no more than 10-15 minutes and only using one pan 🙂

Its also nice for a big dinner as you can never eat too many veggies, and its a great way to use up veg.