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Creamy Quinoa Primavera

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Romano and cream cheese join fresh vegetables to make this a delicious cream-of-the-crop recipe. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:10 min

Start to Finish:30 min

makes:6 servings

1 1/2	cups uncooked quinoa
3	cups Progresso® reduced-sodium chicken broth (from 32-oz carton)
2	oz 1/3-less-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel)
1	tablespoon chopped fresh or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
2	teaspoons butter or margarine
2	cloves garlic, finely chopped
5	cups thinly sliced or bite-size pieces assorted vegetables, such as asparagus, broccoli, carrot or zucchini
2	tablespoons grated Romano cheese

1.	Rinse quinoa thoroughly; drain. In 2-quart saucepan, heat quinoa and broth to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until all broth is absorbed. Stir in cream cheese and basil; cover and remove from heat.
2.	In 10-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook garlic in butter about 30 seconds, stirring frequently, until golden. Stir in vegetables. Cook about 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are crisp-tender.
3.	Toss vegetables and quinoa mixture. Sprinkle with Romano cheese.

Nutritional Information

1 Serving: Calories 250 (Calories from Fat 60); Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 390mg; Total Carbohydrate 35g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 5g); Protein 11g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 70%; Vitamin C 25%; Calcium 10%; Iron 25% Exchanges: 2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Vegetable; 1/2 Medium-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Great recipe for Quinoa

I am always looking for new ways to serve quinoa. This recipe is a great change from just using plain veggies and quinoa. The addition of the cream cheese almost had me convinced I was eating risotto! I will definitely make this again.
Posted at 2:41 PM on February 24 2010 by mrschef

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Excellent!!!

I tried this last night and it was amazing, it also made great leftovers. I added some garlic powder and pepper too. I have always loved quinoa, but never had a creative recipe for it.
Posted at 2:28 PM on September 11 2009 by marissas

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Interesting..

I have been looking around for a recipe with quinoa in it to try it for the first time and I did this one. I apparently over cooked the quinoa because this recipe turned out to be pure mush.. we had a lot of left overs that we threw away. ;( It had a good taste, but the texture was icky (prob. my fault)
Posted at 10:48 AM on May 11 2009 by Stasi

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Excellent! Although I did add onion powder, pepper, and seasoned salt to the vegetable mixture (broc., zucc.,& mushrooms)and I topped the primavera with extra grated parm & rom. cheeses. Excellent, husband loves it!
Posted at 9:49 AM on September 2 2008 by Annette