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Eat, Drink & Be Merry

Posted: 5:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, 2013

Eat, Drink & Be Merry: Cilantro and lime chicken, veggie and quinoa 

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Eat, Drink & Be Merry: Cilantro and lime chicken, veggie and quinoa

By Anna Zap

Ingredients:

1/3 pound chicken (makes 2 servings)
1/2 cup dry quinoa
1 small zucchini
1 red pepper
1 broccoli crown
1/2 cup frozen corn
1/4 red onion
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
1 lime

Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette (will make enough for 4 servings!)
Juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp orange juice
1 tsp brown sugar
1 small garlic clove
1 tsp of chopped onion
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Handful of cilantro
Salt & pepper

Let's get cooking!
1. Cook quinoa according to package directions.
2. To make dressing, chop up 1 garlic clove and 1 tsp of onion and add to blender. Add in juice of one lime, orange juice, olive oil, vinegar, brown sugar and a small handful of cilantro. Mix to combine and season with salt & pepper.
3. Chop up your veggies into bite size pieces.
4. Heat up grill pan to medium high heat and cook veggies until tender crisp. Once cooked, stir in the juice of half a lime & a tsp of cumin for seasoning.
5. Remove veggies and set aside. 
6. Chop up chicken into bite sized pieces. Grill and season the same as the veggies.
7. Once quinoa is cooked, mix in 1/4 of the dressing directly to the quinoa. 
8. Plate up with 1/2 the quinoa, veggies and chicken. Serve warm and top with a bit more dressing to finish!

Makes 2 healthy servings (4 servings of dressing - trust us, you'll want this on hand to dip veggies all week!). Enjoy :)

About Anna Zap

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