Quinoa with Salmon and Swiss Chard

Quinoa with Salmon and Swiss Chard
Quinoa with Salmon and Swiss Chard is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. This main course has 392 calories, 25g of protein, and 12g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 35% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of garlic, quinoa, wine, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing

Instructions

1
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and 2 cloves garlic until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
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2
Stir quinoa into onion mixture until lightly toasted, about 5 minutes.
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3
Pour vegetable broth into quinoa mixture. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
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4
Meanwhile, heat salmon, white wine, and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until salmon is cooked through and easily flaked with a fork, 10 to 12 minutes; drain.
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5
Transfer salmon to a plate and flake fish meat; discard skin and set salmon aside.
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6
Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir 2 cloves garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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7
Stir Swiss chard and lemon juice into garlic until Swiss chard begins to soften, about 2 minutes; remove from heat.
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Gently fold flaked salmon and chard into the cooked quinoa. Season with salt and black pepper.
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DifficultyHard
Ready In1 h
Servings4
Health Score85
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