NEW RECIPE!!!! - Italian Quinoa Skillet Meal

I don't know about you, but I grew up in a household that every other day was a pasta dish. It was easy and convenient for my mom, plus she LOVES her pasta. However, when I was diagnosed with Celiacs Disease I had to cut it out. 14 years ago the Gluten Free Food especially the pasta wasn't the same. A lot of it was soggy, gross, and tasted like cardboard. However, now that I have been introduced to Quinoa, I have been able to add those childhood foods back in.

 

Quinoa, in my opinion is so much better than any box pasta gluten free or not. PLUS quinoa helps you burn belly fat, so to me its WELL worth it! Plus you can do so much with quinoa and you can eat it hot or cold!!!

 

 

Here is an amazing Italian Dish using quinoa. This is husband approved and if I had kids I think they would really enjoy it too. This is a meatless recipe. However, if you wanted to add ground turkey to it, you definitely could!

 

 

Italian Quinoa Skillet Meal

Ingredients

2 cups of quinoa

4 cups water

1 jar of Organic Tomato Sauce

1 cup of mozzarella cheese

1 cup of prosciutto

 1 cup of chopped spinach

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon of dried basil

 Directions:

 

Cook Quinoa by placing quinoa and water into a rice cooker of or a pot. 

 

 Add cooked quinoa to a skillet with pasta sauce, prosciutto, cheese, spinach, garlic and basil.   

 

You can add any Italian flavors you like.   

 

Turn on heat and mix all the flavors together for 10 minutes. 

 

Turn off heat and serve the meal.