{"id":873,"date":"2011-08-01T09:29:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/?p=873"},"modified":"2020-04-29T17:17:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:17:38","slug":"quinoa-pilaf-healthy-low-calorie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/quinoa-pilaf-healthy-low-calorie-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinoa Pilaf &#8211; Healthy Low Calorie Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Toasted Quinoa Pilaf&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator el_width=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<em>If you&#8217;ve never heard of quinoa, you&#8217;re missing out! This &#8220;supergrain&#8221; is full of zinc and iron and has all the same essential amino acids found in meats, dairy, and soy. Add a bay leaf and some thyme, and you&#8217;ve got one savory treat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREP:<\/strong>\u00a020 minutes\u00a0<strong>COOK:<\/strong>\u00a020 minutes\u00a0<strong>MAKES:<\/strong>\u00a012 servings<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tasty-quinoa-pilaf-recipe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-877 alignleft\" title=\"tasty-quinoa-pilaf-recipe\" src=\"http:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tasty-quinoa-pilaf-recipe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tasty-quinoa-pilaf-recipe.jpg 500w, https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tasty-quinoa-pilaf-recipe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>shallots or onion<\/li>\n<li>6 garlic cloves, minced (1<\/li>\n<li>tablespoon minced)<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 cups quinoa,* or barley, rinsed and well drained<\/li>\n<li>3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or 1\/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed<\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>Sliced Almonds<\/li>\n<li>1 cup bottled roasted red bell peppers, diced<\/li>\n<li>Kosher salt<\/li>\n<li>Freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large saucepan cook shallots and garlic in hot oil over medium heat until tender. Carefully stir in quinoa or barley. Cook and stir about 5 minutes or until quinoa or barley is golden brown. Carefully stir in broth, thyme, and bay leaf. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes or until quinoa is tender and fluffy (cook barley about 10 minutes or until tender) and liquid is absorbed.<\/li>\n<li>Discard bay leaf. Gently stir in roasted peppers and almonds. Season to taste with kosher salt and black pepper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Nutrition Facts per serving: 125 cal., 3 g total fat (0 g sat. fat), 0 mg chol., 169 mg sodium, 21 g carbo., 2 g fiber, 4 g pro.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Quinoa a new Super Food - get for your diet plan.\" href=\"http:\/\/shrinkingtheplanet.com\/weighless\/?p=1613\">LEARN MORE<\/a> ABOUT QUINOA THE SUPERFOOD.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Toasted Quinoa Pilaf&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator el_width=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you&#8217;ve never heard of quinoa, you&#8217;re missing out! This &#8220;supergrain&#8221; is full of zinc and iron and has all the same essential amino acids found in meats, dairy, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50,2436],"tags":[51,44,254,45],"class_list":["post-873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-low-calorie-dinner-recipes","category-healthy-quinoa-recipes","category-side-dish","tag-easy-quinoa-recipes","tag-quinoa","tag-quinoa-pilaf","tag-quinoa-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shrinktheplanet-weightloss.com\/weightloss-diets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}