Mexican Ground Beef Quinoa
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Ingredients
  • 1 lb. ground beef (I used ground turkey)
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes (with juice)
  • 1 4-oz. can chopped chilies
  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 1-1/2 cup water
  • 1-1/2 T. chili powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cumin
  • I added mushrooms too but the recipe did not call for it
Instructions
  1. Brown ground beef (turkey) and onion; drain excess fat.
  2. Rinse quinoa in sieve/colander.
  3. Add tomatoes, chilies, quinoa, water and spices to ground beef mixture and simmer (uncovered) for about 25 minutes. (If water evaporates too quickly, cover pan for remainder of cooking time.)
  4. Serve Mexican Ground Beef Quinoa Skillet.
Recipe by mommy's two cents at http://mommystwocents.com/2012/05/quinoa-we-meet-again/