Saturday, February 16, 2013

Chicken with Quinoa and Veggies

@allrecipes On Thursday night, Mark made one of our favorite recipes, Chicken with Quinoa and Veggies.  This is a special recipe because this was the very first meal Mark prepared for Bill early in our relationship (Bill is the chef in the relationship).  Mark found this recipe two years ago when searching for a dinner to make that involved quinoa because neither of us had tried it.  It is fun to see the evolution of Mark's cooking skills, though.  In the previous attempt, it ended up involving Bill quite a bit.  However, Thursday night, Mark had the dish ready when Bill finished work. The dish is quite tasty and relatively simple.  Quinoa is as easy as rice to prepare and has a very distinct, earthy flavor that we love.  The recipe calls for chicken broth, which does enhance the flavor.  However, we were saving the chicken broth that was in the cabinet for another dish, so we just used water.  It is still scrumptious.  The remainder of the dish involves just a few steps of time management and adding the zucchini, chicken, tomatoes and feta.  The feta and veggies really compliment the earthiness of the quinoa.  This is definitely a fun recipe to prepare if you have a box of quinoa at home.