Name: Mexican Quinoa Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4, 4 servings
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 medium-sized onion (chopped); 2 small bell peppers (chopped (or 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped)); 1 teaspoon ground cumin; ½ teaspoon ground coriander; 2 cloves garlic (peeled and minced); 1 cup quinoa (rinsed and drained); 1 15 oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed; 1 cup corn kernels (fresh or frozen); 1 can diced tomatoes (with all their juices (15 oz.)); ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; 1 cup water or vegetable broth; ¼ cup fresh cilantro (chopped - plus more as garnish); 1 ripe avocado; 2 stalks of scallions (chopped); 1 lime (cut into wedges); Handful of pumpkin seeds (optional)

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Mexican Quinoa Recipe

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

24% of a 2,000 cal day

476KCAL

Protein

18g37% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat16g

20%

Saturated2g

10%

Unsaturated14g

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Total Carbs70g

25%

Fiber17g

62%

Total Sugars10g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch43g

—

Sodium538mg

23%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

A one-pan Mexican quinoa with black beans, corn, and vegetables in a light tomato broth, topped with fresh cilantro, avocado, and lime. Ready in 30 minutes and protein-packed.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

1 tbspolive oil
1medium-sized onion — chopped
2small bell peppers — chopped, or jalapeño peppers
1 tspground cumin
½ tspground coriander
2garlic — peeled, minced
1 cupquinoa — rinsed, drained
15 ozblack beans — canned, drained, rinsed, 1 can
1 cupcorn kernels — fresh or frozen
15 ozdiced tomatoes — with juice, 1 can
½ tspkosher salt
¼ tspblack pepper
1 cupwater — or vegetable broth
¼ cupfresh cilantro — chopped
1ripe avocado
2scallions — chopped
1lime
pumpkin seeds — optional

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Method

30m total

Read the method on Foolproof LivingAysegul Sanford’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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