South American Quinoa has been valued for its nutritional properties. And when it spread widely throughout healthy nutritionists have begun to actively add this cereals in your daily diet, making quinoa very tasty and hearty dishes and side dishes. One of such interesting side dishes is green. quinoa. For its preparation, quinoa is mixed with spinach paste, which belongs to the same family as this groats, and has no less useful properties. The composition of the paste also includes fresh cilantro, lime juice, garlic and moderately hot jalapenos. Add at the end grated parmesan or mexican kotih cheese and taste of side dish will become simply luxurious. Nutritional value of one serving: (total 4) Calories 200, total fats 7 g., Saturated fats g., Proteins 7 g., carbohydrates 29 g., fiber g., cholesterol mg., sodium mg., sugar g. 
Time: 20 мин.Difficulty: easy Servings: 4 Measured containers are used in recipes volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 1 tbsp. quinoa
- 2 tbsp. spinach
- 0.5 tbsp. cilantro leaves
- 1 lime juice
- Half a small jalapeno seed seed
- 1 tbsp. l olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tbsp. l parmesan or kotihi
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Recipe preparation:
- Fill the pan two-thirds with water and bring to a boil. Put quinoa in a fine sieve and rinse several times. Add quinoa in a pan, turn down the heat and cook until the croup is soft and from each grain a germ (similar to white ponytail), about 12 minutes. Drain the quinoa and rinse under cold water. Drain again, then set aside so that Quinoa has dried out well.
- Meanwhile, in a food processor, mix spinach, cilantro, juice lime, jalapenos, butter and garlic and chop.
- In the pan in which the quinoa was cooked, mix the quinoa, a mixture of spinach and 3/4 tsp salt and put on medium heat. Cook stirring until everything warms up, about 3 minutes. Stir in 1 tbsp. l cheese. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with the remaining 1 tbsp. l grated cheese. Serve quinoa warm or roomy temperature.
