3 healthy low quinoa Recipes

olive oil, shallot, finely chopped (or 2 small), kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper, quinoa, preferably red , rinsed well in a fine-mesh sieve, low sodium chicken broth (recommended ) or 1 1/2 cups water, shelled raw pistachios, unsalted and chopped (ok, mine were roasted and salted, but that didn tsp hurt!), chopped flat leaf parsley (i used 1 healthy handful, more that the original recipe), chopped fresh mint

potatoes (cut into apprx. 1/2 inch cubes), quinoa (raw ), onion (chopped ), garlic cloves (finely chopped ), zucchini (cubed - 1/2 inch at most ), red pepper (chopped ), baby portabella mushrooms (chopped ), parsley (fresh, finely chopped ), parsley (fresh, finely chopped ), ground beef (lean bottom round), olive oil (light ), tomato paste, beef broth (fat free low sodium), soy sauce (low sodium ), sesame oil, cayenne pepper, cumin, corn (frozen kernels), peas ( ), salt and pepper