Quinoa and veggie fritters

Back after so long!!!

So here we are again. Today Mr. F came home to tell me he had been learning about "healthy eating" at school so I seized the chance and made these quinoa and veggies fritters. They were easy and delicious!

Here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS
2 cups of cooked quinoa
2 eggs
Veggies of your choice. I added:
1 grated carrot
3 grated mushrooms
1 can of corn
1/4 small broccoli - only the busy tops
1 tomato
Some chopped parsley
Salt and pepper

1. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. If the outcome is too dry, add another egg.
2. Form the patties and fry them until golden brown.

I ate mine with yoghurt and lemon but you can also make an avocado and tomato salsa.

Enjoy!

                

Boiled quinoa

INGREDIENTS:
2 parts water
1 part quinoa
Seasonings (optional)

1. Bring the water to the boil and then add seasonings if desired (we usually don't add anything but we have used stock cubes or salt). Add the quinoa to the boiling water.
2. Bring to the boil again and then reduce heat to minimum and let simmer covered until little holes appear and the water is consumed.
3. Remove from heat and stand covered for about 15 minutes.

Serve as rice or use as cereal with fruits and milk!

Chicken with mushrooms and cream

This is super easy and very delicious (well, at least for us). It is very similar to stroganoff but way simpler.

INGREDIENTS:
1tbsp oil
1 tbsp butter
Boneless, skinless chicken (we used 3 pieces of thigh fillet, diced)
1 can of drained champignon sliced
500ml of sour cream*
3x chicken stock cubes*

1. Heat the oil and butter in saucepan.
2. Stir in chicken (it can be cut in whatever way you like or left whole), cook and brown on both sides. Take out of pan and save.
3. In the same saucepan you cooked the chicken, fry the champignons until slightly brown and add the stock cubes.
4. Stir in the sour cream and the cooked chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.

Serve with white rice and some greens if desired. This time we served with some quinoa (RECIPE HERE). Delicious!
NOTE: when simmering at the end you will notice some of the fat going to the surface. You can choose to scoop it out before serving.
* If you are near a Central American shop and can get your hands on mantequilla crema, use this instead of the sour cream and only add 2 instead of 3 stock cubes.