Quinoa with Mushrooms

Total time: 20 minutes
     This near-perfect food of the Incas has slowly been gaining recognition in the culinary world. It cooks quickly and has a nutty flavor that goes with everything.  Here it's paired with the earthy taste of mushrooms and shallots.

 Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup quinoa, 100gr, 3.5oz
• 1 cup beef stock, 225gr, 8oz
• 2 shallots, 60gr, 2.1oz
• 2oz mushrooms, 60gr, 2.1oz, an interesting, forest variety if possible
• 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .3oz

 Instructions:

• Combine quinoa and stock in small saucepan.  Cover and bring to a boil. 
• Reduce heat and simmer until done, about 15 minutes  (or whatever your package says). 
• Finely chop shallots and mushrooms. 
• In a small skillet heat olive oil.  Add shallots, mushrooms, and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. 
• Stir into quinoa.  Spoon into a serving dish and serve.

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  492 / 246 Total Carbohydrates:  83 / 41.5           Dietary Fiber: 11 / 5.5 Total Fat:  15 / 7.5          Saturated Fat: 2 / 1 Cholesterol:  0 / 0 Protein:  18 / 9 Calcium:  39 / 19.5 Sodium:   744 / 372

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/