Adventures in Quinoa: Mushroom Caps!!

~~The vegetarian addition~~

Ingredients:
3 cups chopped mushrooms
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped bell peppers
1/4 cup sweet chili sauce
1/4 vegetable oil
1 cup quinoa
Seasonings to taste... For those truly on the "student budget" I recommend half a package of Raman flavoring ;)

Directions:
Add celery, bell peppers and the carrots to a pan with the hot vegetable oil.  Let these veggies cook most of the way with the lid on to steam them.  Once these veggies are mostly done, add the sliced mushrooms and leave the lid off, (as mushrooms release a lot of water). Meanwhile, boil 2 cups of water.  to the boiling water add the 1 cup a quinoa.  As more water if needed.  Combine all cooked ingredients, plus the sweet chili sauce and seasonings, together.  Back mushroom caps for 30 min at 350 degrees. Garnish with parsley or Sriracha if available.  Serve hot!

You already know this is going to be a healthy dish!

Cook the veggies most of the way before stirring in the fully cooked Quinoa.

Assemble on a backing sheet--This can be done ahead of time if getting ready for a party!!

Serves an easy 6 as a full meal, or it makes great party appetizers :D

Cost:
mushrooms     $5.99
celery              $1.00
onion              $0.50
bell peppers    $1.50
Quinoa           $0.50
oil/etc.             $0.25     
Total cost:      $9.75

So about $1.60 a person for this meal.. and it's actually really filling AND healthy!

Time to prepare is a good hour, but as mentioned above, assembly can be done ahead of time :)