Quinoa w/ Peppers.....

Last night while looking around for what to make for dinner, I was stumped for a side dish. Recently it was made known I did not cook enough with peppers.  You know how it is, you cook the things you like, and I personally am not a huge fan of peppers.... red, orange and yellow I can do in small quantities, but green - GROSS!
So to surprise my family I opted to use those colorful peppers. I found that I had some Quinoa in the cupboard as well and decided to test my fate. Much to my surprise it was a huge hit! My youngest gobbled it up, forgoing corn to complete this dish instead! I even enjoyed it enough to promise to make it again.

Quinoa w/ Peppers

1 cup White Quinoa

2 cups water

Bring both to a boil in a sauce pan, then cover and let simmer for about 15 min until they have cracked off and are fluffy and soft.

Meanwhile.... Add to a saute pan and saute over med heat until soft:

1 small onion chopped

1 tsp Herbs De Provence

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp butter
1 tsp olive oil

2 Peppers chopped - I used red and orange

Salt and Pepper to taste

Once cooked then combine and enjoy.

Herbs De Provence is an herb mixture consisting of dried marjoram, basil, thyme, oregano, rosemary, fennel, and sometimes sage, summer savory & lavender, is added. If you do not have this mixture just add the underlined seasonings in equal parts to make up the tsp.