One-Skillet Quinoa with Sweet Potato

I love cooking, but I hate the cleanup! The cleanup often prevents me from cooking as much as I’d like to. This one-skillet quinoa helps! It’s everything you need in a meal in one pot! It has veggies, healthy carbs (quinoa and sweet potato), and protein (beans). It’s super simple and delicious and saves great if you want to have it for lunch the next day. All of these veggies are optional. Feel free to add in any veggie that you enjoy.

You will need:

• 1 cup quinoa
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, diced
• half a jalapeno pepper.
• 1 small sweet potato (chopped into small pieces)
• 1 small can sweet corn, rinsed
• a handful of cooked black beans
• Scallions
• cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp cumin powder
• Cilantro
• 1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes, rinsed.
• 1 can low sodium vegetable broth

To prepare:

1. In a skillet, heat up a little bit of olive oil and throw in 1 tbsp cumin seeds
2. When they start to sputter, add onions, garlic and jalapeño
3. Add sweet potato and saute for a few minutes
4. Add the can of fire roasted tomatoes and 1 tbsp cumin powder and stir
5. Add the quinoa (rinsed) and saute for just a minute
6. Add 1 cup vegetable broth, 1 cup water,  black beans and corn and reduce heat to medium
7. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes
8. Stir in some chopped cilantro and scallion, season with salt and pepper and serve!
9. Optional: garnish with Avocado slices and lime

Enjoy!