I tend to keep peas, carrots, and onion on hand at all time so those always end up in my dishes. For my T-Rex friends, I have the most amazing Chicken Shawarma Quinoa Bowls too.

Craving an easy peasy salad? Whip up a bowl of this epic Tomato Quinoa Salad and prepare to lick your plate clean! I love hearing from you! Submit your question or review below. Your email address will not be published.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Well written! WOW just what I was looking for! Wonderful recipe! Hi Carole! Some of my favorite veggie-friendly options are Honey Garlic Tofu or Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Tofu as well as my Spicy Sriracha Green Beans.

My Sweet Chili Edamame and Spicy Edamame are also great protein-packed options. This was so easy and delicious! Tastes just like real fried rice! I added zucchini too. Thanks for the recipe!! It was very delicious and everyone loved it. I am making it again today. This is a fabulous recipe!

I like it even more than the traditional rice version! Thanks so much for sharing it! I made it following your delicious recipe.

Thanks for sharing! Awesome idea and easy to make. I love swapping quinoa for rice! This is totally my kind of recipe.

More protein? Yes please! I was planing on making this myself and then came across your recipe! Looks great! It will more than likely become a staple for me.

I also followed your advice for cooking the quinoa and it turned out wonderful. I had half a zucchini to use, so that was my vegetable. I just had to let you know how much I enjoyed this recipe. I shared it on my blog too. Thanks for your great site, photos and inspiration! I bring this to school all the time and it always gets me through track practice!

I like to put sausage patties and egg whites and a ton of spinach in mine! Made this tonight ~ OMG so good and easy to put together! My 2 and 3 year olds devoured it! We will be making this often! I love quinoa. I make a quinoa pilaf with onions, bell peppers and zucchini that my guys love.

But we all love fried rice. Last week we attended a family reunion and I worried all summer about my gluten intolerance at the reunion.

So I made this recipe a few times and I definitely introduced a whole bunch of people to the joys of quinoa.

Especially a cousin who is celiac and is looking for things to eat. So thank you, thank you for posting a great recipe. I love cleaning out my veggie drawer and frozen veggie pile!!

Getting a 16 year old to eat quinoa is pretty much rocket science eh? Haha I love it!!!! Hope your week is off to a fantastic start! I made this last night with zucchini, carrots, and onion.

It was soooooo good! I like to make a breakfast quinoa with left overs. I add a nut, fruit dried or fresh , and some form of milk…super yummy. My favorite is quinoa, pineapple, walnut, unsweetened flaked coconut, coconut milk, and a dash of nutmeg. Do you cook the quinoa in water and then add the coconut milk?

Love the meal idea! Snowpeas and bean sprouts both sound delicious though. Never any leftovers though. I might need to double it so I can have extra. Thanks Tiffany!!! My family loves this recipe! Thanks for posting! Doooooo it! I either make this one or the remix one at the bottom of the post!

Love em! This is great! I love cooking quinoa and usually make a quinoa and black bean concoction, but I am definitely trying this sometime soon!

I love this recipe! My 3 yr old even ate it! The only thing i hate is the quinoa that gets all over the place!

In the sink on the floor in other dishes….. Haha you must be doing something right if the quinoa goes flying everywhere! Thanks Katie!

Oh my, I love Fried Rice…worked at a Japanese restaurant and learned there… This might just be the inspiration for a total switch over to quinoa! Made this for lunch today… I guess it defeats the purpose of a vegan recipe but I want to add shrimp next time 🙂.

Haha its GREAT with shrimp! Okay, so sorry to have taken so long to get back with you! I have made this recipe over and over and always get rave reviews! The calorie breakdown if you divide this into 4 servings is only calories per serving!!

Great nutritional value for the calorie content for sure! If you had a REALLY hungry crew, you could even divide it into thirds and still not consume too many calories per serving. Thanks again for a GREAT recipe!! I added the wrong amount of calories for the eggs I use 2 large eggs so you would need to add Thank you for sharing this.

I love quinoa and am happy to find another recipe for it.. a healthy option too. Also read your guest post on The Blooming Hydrangea. I read this from my phone this weekend while having a bad day and ohmygosh — thank you so much for this sweet comment! Thank you! I am so excited that this actually worked!!

Thank you so much. I love your blog. Please check out mine!! I just saw this recipe on Pinterest today and made it tonight. HUGE HIT! Everyone all FOUR kids and the HUBBY loved this version as fried rice.

So excited to try this!!! I have been searching for fresh ideas for Quiona and this looks terrific!! Just made a GREAT recipe from the January All You Magazine called Mushroom Quinoa Burgers!

They were delicious!!! Love learning new ways to use quinoa and definitely making your fried rice quinoa this week!!! Made it tonight and it was AH-MAY-ZING!!! Not a crumb left over!! I dried mine after rinsing it in a low temp oven about degrees for about 5 minutes to hurry things along. Turned out great.

Served it with Edamame. Next time my husband wants me to add a bit of red pork. Thanks for the great explanations and photos. It gave me the courage to try a recipe that will be in my weekly rotation for quite a while! com is pretty fun to explore as far as counters go.

What would you guess is the calorie breakdown per serving? I am striving for cal. Thanks again for your blog! Ummmm biggest virtual high-five ever!

I love your idea to dry it in the oven at a low temp! Brilliant Jillian!!!! that he can have all the meat he chooses… if he cooks it himself! I bet this dish would rock with some pulled red pork but… I say you and I kick our feet up and have some wine while they get their butts in the kitchen this time 😉.

Thanks so much for the feedback love! xoxo Jenn. My friend made quinoa and brought it into work. My friend brought it in cold….. I love it this way. I did not drain or rinse my bad ; used fetta cheese, peppers, red onions and rice vinegar. I bought one brand that was horrible but the MARUKAN Seasoned Gourmet Rice Vinegar was DELICIOUS!

Made it tonight. It was great! I will definitely be cooking my quinoa like this from now on. Thanks again. Oh, and the shrimp was a perfect addition! So, Jenn. I know this is a few days old post…but I just had to write and tell you this story. I have never made quinoa myself and after seeing it on all the blogs bought some to try.

My boyfriend thought this was a great idea too. And…because he liked it so much brought his little tuppaware of leftovers over to my place to try.

And, just goes to show you what a fantastic recipe you created! Thanks Ashley! For drying, I just leave it in the strainer earliler in the day and forget about it but last night I strained it and then dumped the pile of semi-damp quinoa on a stack of paper towels and it dried fairly quickly!

Hope that helps!!!! Thanks for your sweet comment! This looks sooooo delicious! and your method of cooking it. I wonder — HOW do you dry quinoa? perhaps this is something even my husband will eat 🙂.

I am new to your site, and was excited to try this. I made it for dinner and Im eating it right now its fantastic! I have never had quiona before and im glad I tried it. I look forward to trying more of your recipes. Thanks for the healthy dinner 🙂.

I made this tonight, and it was DELICIOUS. Perfect timing, as I had just bought my first bag of quinoa. Thanks for the time and effort you put into your posts — the detail, right down to the fun font you used on the pictures, make it like reading a really beautiful magazine. Thanks Amanda!!!!!!

Same here! This certainly helps!! haha yay! def try the quinoa fried rice! I heart it so! We threw a Pink Panda Party for my Princess this past weekend.

This quinoa fried rice would have been an awesome side to go with the stir-fry. I gave up meat in college to get myself to eat more veggies and learn to like beans…. Go for it girly!!!! But that means I have to start collecting good vegetarian recipes asap!

i love quinoa and i love your post title! but dint try roasting it.. great suggestion.. that fried rice quinoa looks gorgeous! ducking head in shame. Is it a bit like couscous, only nuttier and crunchier? I have no idea. The fried rice looks amazing; are you a spice girl? I stick with the water to quinoa ratio and that seems to do the trick!

I was planning to just throw it in the rice cooker. I may actually be able to get my hubby to enjoy it! I love quinoa, but I must admit I always use a ratio of water:quinoa.

You are rocking my world by changing that…. still, I trust you…. Hey Alexis! How do you rinse it? Every time I try to rinse quinoa, I seem to lose half of it down the drain. I know this may sound completely ridiculous, but I always fumble with the pronunciation.

The title of the entry now has it permanently etched in my brain. Thanks for sharing your recipe! Quinoa cooked in chicken or vegetable stock, while hot add chopped cilantro and fresh lime juice!

Learned it from a Chilean friend — it is a staple there. I actually do make a cranberry quinoa! what kind of sauce, if any, did the dish you tried have on it?

if you can describe it a little bit I can try to whip something up and post a recipe for you! Its one of my fav challenges! Any suggestions for a recipe with cranberries? Thanks for the quick response.

I love the idea of adding the shrimp. Great questions Britt!!! I would say 20 minutes or so but you can just as easily rinse it, leave it out for several minutes, and then pat it dry with paper towels.

The toasting step will remove any little bit of moisture you left behind as well. I usually fry up the eggs after the veggies are just about done sauteeing. I push the veg to the side and while the pan is still hot, crack two eggs in to the cleared space and just kind of scramble them around until they turn bright yellow.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions Britt! No Ratings Yet. BUY ONLINE FIND A STORE NEAR YOU FIND A STORE. Mediterranean-Style Rice And Quinoa Salad 1 Ingredients 2 Instructions. PREP TIME 3 mins.

COOK TIME 1 min. SERVES 1. TOTAL TIME 4 mins. Step 1. Heat medley according to package directions. Step 2. Step 3. Add just under 2 cups water a little more than 1 ¾ cups. Stir to mix. Heat over medium-high heat until the water comes to a gentle simmer.

Reduce the heat to low. Stir and cover quickly. Step 2. Cook covered for 15 minutes, stirring briefly halfway. Remove from the heat and set aside for 5 minutes covered.

Fluff with a fork. Add the quinoa, rice, 1 ½ cups water, and a drizzle of oil to the inner pot of an Instant Pot. Lock the lid and set the steam valve to the sealing position. Select manual and cook for 1 minute on high pressure. Allow the pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes. Then release any remaining pressure.

Fluff the quinoa rice with a fork. If the inner liner for your Instant Pot or rice cooker is stainless steel and not nonstick , spray with oil or add oil to the water. If using a ceramic nonstick liner, you can skip the oil. Pour rinsed rice and quinoa into a microwave-safe bowl, and add 2 cups of water.

Microwave, uncovered, on full power for 15 to 25 minutes. For a to watts microwave, start with 15 minutes. For a to watts microwave, start with 20 minutes. The quinoa rice is done cooking when the rice grains are poking up and are tender and the water is fully absorbed.

Keep microwaving it in 1- to 2-minute increments until cooked. Once cooked, set aside, undisturbed, in the closed microwave for 5 minutes, then fluff it with a fork. Brown rice has a longer cooking time than quinoa so it will not work in this recipe.

The reason this recipe works so well is because quinoa and white rice have the same cooking time and require the same amount of liquid. Depending on the ratio of quinoa to rice, it can taste just like white rice! I found this to be true at the ratio ½ cup quinoa and ½ cup rice.

Organically grown and conventional rice both contain arsenic. Arsenic concentrations in rice differ based on the variety and the region where it is grown. Rice varieties grown in California or imported from Southeast Asia are often lower in arsenic than rice grown in other parts of the U.

Lundberg, Lotus Foods, and rice grown in Southeast Asia are my preferred choice. Share your creation with me on Instagram. It makes my day to see you recreate my recipes. This information is provided as a courtesy and is an ESTIMATE only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased can change the nutritional information in any given recipe.

Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I tend to soak my grains overnight to render them more assimilable.

I don't believe I would be able to toast soaked grains. Am I assuming this correctly?