Quinoa Comfort Food
- Serves: 6
- Preparation Time: 20 min
- Total Cooking time: varies, no more than 3 hours in a slow cooker
It’s vegan as made below….(but also delicious topped with sour cream & shredded cheddar cheese!) Enjoy!
| Amount | Measure | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | quinoa, uncooked |
| 1 | can | Hominy drain & rinse |
| 1 | can | Garbanzo drain & rinse |
| 1 | can | black beans drain & rinse |
| 1 | cup | chopped green or red bell pepper |
| 1 | cup | roma tomato, chopped, about 2 tomatoes |
| 1/2 | cup | celery |
| 1/2 | cup | onion, roughly chopped (about 1/2 large onion) |
| 1 | cup | shredded carrots |
| 1/2 | Tbsp | cumin |
| 1 | Tbsp | garlic, minced |
| 1/4 | tsp | salt |
| pinch | black pepper | |
| 1-1 1/2 | tsp | sauce (from a can of chipotle peppers in adobo sauce) |
| 2 | cups | Vegetable Broth |
Directions
Grease the crock pot, add quinoa & all the rest. Cover with 2 cups vegetable broth.
Cook for no longer than 3 hours. I did 1 hour on high & 1&1/2 on low. Top with chopped cilantro.
