Easy Quinoa Stir Fry (Vegan and Gluten Free)

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Easy Quinoa Stir Fry.  Sometimes when money is tight, I have to cook from the ingredients I already have in my kitchen.  I often make easy stir fry recipes.  Many of those creations are not blog worthy though.  However, I do get a winner once and awhile.

This quinoa stir fry recipe was one of them.  I always have quinoa in my pantry.  I love cooking with quinoa because it’s not only a plant based complete source of protein, but it’s also gluten free.

 

Easy Quinoa Stir Fry - My Whole Food Life

If you don’t care for quinoa, you can always use rice instead.

Easy Quinoa Stir Fry

Easy Quinoa Stir Fry

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Prep Time 15 min Cook Time 10 min Serves 4-5 servings     adjust servings

An easy meal that can be made in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked quinoa
  • 10 mushrooms diced (I used button mushrooms)
  • 1/2 cup onion diced
  • 2-3 garlic cloves minced depending on the size
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds
  • 3 small carrots diced
  • 2 T oil (I used coconut oil )
  • 2-3 T balsamic vinegar
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan , saute the onions, garlic, mushrooms, carrots and oil for about 5-7 minutes on medium heat.
  2. Then add in the cooked quinoa, almonds and balsamic and keep sauteing on medium heat for another 5 minutes or so.
  3. Lastly, add in the salt and pepper to taste.

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Recipe Notes

This should keep for about a week and a half in the fridge.

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43 thoughts to “Easy Quinoa Stir Fry (Vegan and Gluten Free)”

    1. Oh geez! I guess I forgot to put that in the instructions. I added the mushroom with the carrots and onions. I will edit the post when I get home later. Sorry about that!
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  2. This looks good! I love how it's so simple to make. I've tried a similar recipe but it wasn't stir fried. It was more of a salad type recipe. I've noticed recipes w/ quinoa are very easy to make, which is awesome! Thanks for sharing this! Will definitely give it a try one day.
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  3. This sounds delicious and so easy to make. I have all the ingredients on hand and plan on making tonight! Thanks for posting. Also, just a note, I watched your blog about almond milk and have started making it myself - thicker to use as coffee cream and thinner for everyday use, smoothies, etc. Even my kids like it - bonus!!
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  5. I completely agree - soups and stir fries are the best way to use all leftovers. And really it's food and I end up many times with a little bit of everything. But many times the photos of that food would scare my readers LOL. I love quinoa just like you! This stir fry is definitely worth trying!!!:)
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    1. Thanks! Just cook 1 cup quinoa with 1 1/2 cups water. Bring it to a boil and then turn down, cover and simmer until all the liquid is removed. Usually takes about 10-15 minutes.
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  8. I have been SEARCHING for a yummy quinoa recipe recently, and it looks like I finally found one!! I have never cooked quinoa so this seems like a good place to start. I happen to have all these ingredients, too!
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  11. FINALLY! Stir fry without soy!! My son can't have soy, so we haven't had stir fry in years! Of course we also can't have tree nuts or mushrooms, so I used one red and one green bell pepper, and sunflower seeds instead. So yummy!! Next time I'll double the sunflower seeds, but still so good!!
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  12. I love your recipes and I am new to whole food clean eating and was worried about finding things to eat that taste good. I made this yesterday minus the carrots, I added some left over baby spinach salad to it for color. It is absolutely delicious and tastes good cold too ;-)
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  13. This is so delicious, my very vegetable resistant husband loves it! I don't use mushrooms to make it a bit for friendly for my non veggie eaters. This time I used carrots, parsnips and some swiss chard leaves, yummy! As I did the last time I subbed sunflower seeds and flax for the almonds to make it nut free. I made a huge batch because I had company and forgot how much quinoa plumps up when cooks so I had a laughable amount left. I took 2 1/2 cups added 4 eggs, and whole wheat bread crumbs and friend the patties. I haven't tried it with an egg substitute since we eat eggs. But anyhow they are so delicious I just ate them for breakfast and lunch:)
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  15. I made this tonight- DELICIOUS! I added green bell pepper, pineapple, and freshly-grated ginger. Thank you so much for this recipe. I shared on Facebook.
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  18. I just made this. I'm new to cooking with coconut oil. While I enjoyed it and really liked using quinoa in a stir fry (which works great) I feel like I taste a lot of the coconut. Is this typical?
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    1. If you are new to the taste of coconut oil, you may taste it more. You can always try using a different oil next time.
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      1. Thank you. That could very well be it. Only the second time I've used it. I'm so glad I found your blog. I love your recipes!
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