As I have mentioned before, I try to cook things I can easily incorporate into other dishes throughout the week. In an attempt to save money, I try not to be wasteful with the food I cook. Since I usually cook for two (myself and one other person) this can sometimes be tricky. No one wants to eat the same thing 3 nights in a row!
Now, if you’re staring at the screen and scratching your head wondering how to “ingredient share” amongst recipes, wonder no more. This recipe is a perfect example of how to do this! For those of you who do not want to “ingredient share”, no worries! This recipe can easily be made to feed up to 6 people.
Those of you who want to know how to “recipe share” read this: Earlier this week I shared my recipe for roasted sweet potato black bean pitas. I made 4 pitas with this recipe and had about 2 servings of the veggie mix left over. I didn’t want to throw the left-overs away, so I decided to leverage the ingredients I already had to concoct a new dish with a different taste.
Since I had already cooked the veggie mix, all I had to do was cook enough quinoa for two people, rinse my kale, and heat up the veggies. I don’t know about you, but as the week progresses there aren’t many things better than cooking a quickie meal and using the extra time to relax!
If you’re using the left over veggie mix from the roasted sweet potato black bean pitas, all you have to do is make enough quinoa to go with the left-over veggie mix:
- 2 servings of leftover veggie mix = 1 1/2 cups cooked quinoa (I use a little less than 1/4 cup red quinoa and 1/3 cup white quinoa)
- 4 servings of leftover veggie mix = 3 cups cooked quinoa (I use 1/3 cup red quinoa, and 2/3 cup white quinoa)
Use the chart below as a reference for how to cook the correct amount of quinoa. Feel free to use any color combination of quinoa you prefer.
| Uncooked Quinoa | Amount of Water/liquid | Cooked Quinoa |
| 1/4 cup | 1/2 cup | 3/4 cup |
| 1/3 cup | 2/3 cup | 1 cup |
| 2/3 cup | 1 1/3 cup | 2 cups |
| 1 cup | 2 cups | 3 cups |
For tips on how to cook the perfect quinoa, check out my tips and tricks page.
Once the quinoa is made, all you have to do is heat up your leftover veggies and mix in the cooked quinoa. Place the veggie quinoa mixture over a bed of kale, top with goat cheese, and (ding! ding!) dinner is served!
Those of you who want to know how to make the full recipe read here: This recipe is super simple and easy to make! We will start by cutting our sweet potatoes and veggies and roasting them in the oven. While the veggies are roasting we will cook our quinoa on the stove and rinse the kale. We will add one can of drained black beans to the veggie mixture after removing from the oven. Finally, we will stir the cooked quinoa into the veggie mix, place over a bed of kale, top with goat cheese and serve! See, I told you it was simple!
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