Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Tasty and healthy! This is my awesome hubby's creation and I'm excited to share it. Brendan had to create his own recipe because we were missing a lot of key ingredients to a bunch of other recipes we found online.We haven't really cooked with quinoa or eaten it more than a couple of times so being experimental was kind of a shot in the dark, but he wanted to give it a try. To be completely honest, I wasn't expecting it to come out very good because we didn't have a lot to work with and I thought it might come out a little too plain or bland.  But boy was I wrong! I'm very impressed with Brendan's cooking skills and he definitely proved that sometimes the simplest recipes (meaning fewer ingredients) are the tastiest.

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

roasted peppers

coat in olive oil

grill for 4-6 min till skin starts to peel, or oven @ 450 for about 15 min, more or less depending how soft you like the peppers

quinoa

1 cup quinoa

2 cups chicken/veg stock

-bring quinoa to boil, then turn down to low/med for 10-12 min till quinoa is fluffy, toss with a fork

sauce

half red onion

cloves of garlic

garlic salt

pepper

roma tomatoes

parsley

-caramelize onions and garlic, add garlic salt and pepper to mix

-add tomatoes after onions are caramelized

-continue cooking on low/med for about 5 min, stir occasionally

-add the quinoa, add parsley, stir it all up

-spoon into peppers

* the mix of sweet and savory in the sauce makes the quinoa delicious, even if you usually don't like quinoa

*serve with corn on the cob, salad or any other side you like. Enjoy!