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Summary
Quinoa (pronounced "keen-wa"), a nutritious and quick-cooking grain, soaks up flavor from chicken stock and herbs in this recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
- 1 1/2 cups Homemade Chicken Stock, or canned low-sodium chicken broth, skimmed of fat
- 1 large bunch flat-leaf parsley, (about 4 ounces)
- 1 bunch chives, (about 1/4 ounce), snipped into 1/4-inch lengths
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
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Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 216 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 7 g 10.12%
- Saturated Fat: 2 g 11.95%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 10 mg 3.44%
- Sodium: 131 mg 5.48%
- Calcium: 30 mg 3%
- Potassium: 356 mg 10.16%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 12.35%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 31 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 12.54%
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 2 g
- Vitamin A 8.12%
- Vitamin C 7.15%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq