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Recipe: Tri-Color Quinoa

Here's a quinoa recipe from Dynise Balcavage's Urban Vegan. Her Celebrate Vegan cookbook comes out in October. About this recipe she says: "Although quinoa is Peruvian, this tri-color quinoa reminds me of a Mexican or Italian flag. The bits of kale and carrot add texture, flavor and color."

    by Vance Lehmkuhl
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Here's a quick, simple quinoa recipe from Dynise Balcavage's Urban Vegan. Her Celebrate Vegan cookbook comes out in October. About this recipe she says: "Although quinoa is Peruvian, this tri-color quinoa reminds me of a Mexican or Italian flag. The bits of kale and carrot add texture, flavor and color." You can find more info and recipes at her site urbanvegan.net.

TRI-COLOR QUINOA

• 1 cup uncooked quinoa
• 1 cup curly kale, chopped into small pieces
• 1 large carrot, finely diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• Fresh-ground black pepper

Serves 6 as a side

Pour veggie broth into a medium saucepan. Add kale, garlic and carrots, and bring to a boil, covered. When it's boiling, add the quinoa. Stir gently then turn heat to "low" and simmer, covered, about 25 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed and veggies are soft.

Variation: Substitute broccoli or spinach for the kale.