When it comes to fast and easy dinner recipes, I’m the first to admit that I will take shortcuts all day long. I love cooking tasty and healthy meals, but I really don’t want to spend my whole night in the kitchen… Am I alone here? I didn’t think so.
Now since I also love couponing, I have a good-sized stockpile of frozen veggies (there was a great deal on Birds Eye veggies a while back that made them free, but whew, that’s a story for another day!) Anyways, I now have a freezer full of frozen veggies, and my family loves chicken so, I came up with a fast, easy and amazingly healthy dinner that we have at least once a week now!
I think you guys are going to love it, so I wanted to share the super easy recipe.
15 Minute Quinoa Stir-Fry Recipe
Yes, you read it right. It’s ready in 15 minutes. Unless you’re really slow at cooking. But if I can do it in 15 minutes, you can too 
Ingredients:
- 1 package frozen veggies (I like the ones with chopped carrots, peas, and corn)
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 3 chicken breasts (cubed)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 cup water
Directions:
- Boil one cup water in a medium saucepan. Once boiled, add in your quinoa and allow to simmer on low for about 10 minutes or until water is absorbed. Once the quinoa is cooked, stir in 1 Tbsp coconut oil.
- In a large skillet, use the remaining 1 Tbsp coconut oil to sauté your chicken until it is cooked all the way through. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
- Once the chicken is thoroughly cooked, add in frozen veggies and cover. Cook until the veggies are soft but not mushy (usually around 4-5 minutes).
- Stir the quinoa into your large skillet with veggies and chicken.
- Serve while hot!
This is one of our absolute favorite recipes. It’s super healthy, it’s tasty and it makes for great leftovers too! If you even want to skip a step, you can use Tyson Grilled ‘n Ready grilled chicken strips, they just require you to heat them up instead of cooking raw chicken – it saves a little time and it tastes just as good! I may have done this a time or two…
Of course, you can add in broccoli, green beans, peppers, and whatever else you like in your stir-fry. Yum! Now I’m hungry. What do you like to add into your stir-fry? I’d love to hear!
Hearts,
Sarah
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