Quinoa And Roasted Veggies

Finally getting over the Jet Lag phase but what to do about the weight I gained during my India trip? Well here’s the answer to this- EAT HEALTHY and TRY to avoid greasy and junk food (which I know I can’t). 😛
After an hour of deep thinking 😛 I decided to make Quinoa with Roasted Veggies. This is one of the healthiest and easy recipe to avoid taking too many calories. This is a healthy and filling dish to keep you sailing through the day. A complete meal for healthy food lovers and Guess what? That includes me too now 🙂

Serves 2
Ingredients:

• 1 Cup quinoa
• 1/2 Cup onion, cubes
• 1/2 Cup celery
• 1 Tbsp chilli-garlic sauce
• 1 Tsp soy sauce
• 1/2 Tsp black pepper powder
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• Salt as required

For Roasted Veggies

• 12-14 Asparagus
• 7-8 Sugar snap peas peas
• 4-5 Broccoli florets
• 1/2 Cup green capsicum, cubes
• 2-3 Brussel sprouts, cut into 4 parts
• 2 Tbsp garlic, finely chopped
• Black pepper powder, as required
• 1 Tbsp Chilli flakes (optional)
• Sea Salt as required
• Olive oil

Learn Step By Step Recipe With Pictures For Quinoa And Roasted Veggies
Recipe:
Step 1- Wash quinoa thoroughly. In a rice cooker add 2 cups of water with quinoa and cook. Once done, keep aside and let it cools down completely

Step 2- Heat olive oil in a pan and add onions and celery and stir fry them. Then add black pepper powder, salt, soy sauce and chili-garlic sauce

It’s ready 🙂 Just serve with quinoa and enjoy.

For Roasted Veggies
Step 1- Wash all the veggies thoroughly and drain the excess water. Grease a pan and spread the veggies. Don’t overload the pan with veggies

Sprinkle some sea salt, black pepper powder and some chili flakes and garlic on veggies. Add some olive oil on the veggies


Step 2- Pre-heat oven at 425ºF at least for 10mins. And then bake the veggies for 10-12mins. Once done, remove pan from the oven. Serve with quinoa and enjoy the healthy meal atleast once in a week.