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Quinoa & Black Beans with Butternut Squash – A perfect fall recipe

August 21, 2014 By Heather

When I start to miss home or reminisce playing in the desert washes, I hit REPEAT on iTunes as Garth Brooks croons To Make You Feel My Love while I putz around my kitchen gathering ingredients to make salsa but in this case I ventured into my garden. 

It’s a jungle out there! Earlier in the spring, I planted tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, and several kinds of squash which leads us to today’s recipe which I combined with my favorite tastes of Arizona childhood. Quinoa can be mixed with just about any flavor and in this case, I added black beans, cilantro and cumin–I got perfection. Songs to soothe my soul while flavors infused with childhood nourish my body. 

 

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Quinoa and Black Beans with Butternut Squash
2014-08-21 12:14:42
A perfect fall recipe mixed with Mexican flare!
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
45 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
45 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
  2. 1 cup fresh butternut squash, peeled and cubed
  3. 1 cup diced red onion
  4. 15 oz black beans, drained and rinsed
  5. 2 cups vegetable broth or water
  6. 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
  7. 1 teaspoon cumin
  8. ½ teaspoon salt
  9. Dash black pepper
  10. 3 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
  1. Toss the cubed and peeled squash in 1 tablespoon olive oil along with 1/2 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon palm sugar and dash each cayenne and black pepper. Pour into pan and cook in pre-heated oven at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.
  2. In covered pot, heat quinoa with broth and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cook until all liquid is evaporated, about 15 minutes. Take off heat and let sit for five minutes. Fluff with a spoon.
  3. Sautee onions in 1 tablespoon olive oil until well caramelized.
  4. Mix quinoa, beans, onions and squash. Add seasonings and lime juice and last tablespoons of olive oil and ½ teaspoon salt.
Crock Pot Style
  1. Cube squash and toss all ingredients into crock pot. Cook on high for 2 to 3 hours or cook on low for up to 6 hours, add an additional 1/4 cup broth.
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