When I started my blog about a year and a half ago, I was working from home full-time and that definitely saved me about a couple hours each day since I didn’t need to commute. Sadly, I had to move jobs last year and although things are good on the work front, I miss those days when I could experiment more with ‘Quick and healthy’ fixes. I still make my lunch in the mornings but it’s usually a veggie sandwich or simple rice dishes that I make using left over rice from dinner.
This week though I did manage to find some time to experiment. I make quinoa usually a couple different ways as an upma which is a south indian dish made from semolina or in salads my favorite being the citrusy one. This time I had beets lying in my refrigerator and on an impulse, decided to add those to the quinoa upma. Boy was I glad I decided to do that?. It turned out absolutely delicious! The slight sweetness form the beets gave a new life to the plain Upma and I drizzled some lime juice to make it really ‘chatpata’ (tangy). I gobbled the entire plate in less than 5 minutes! So tasty and so good for you too! 🙂
I am bringing this Quick N Easy N Healthy lunch special to Angie’s Fiesta Friday to share with all my friends! Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!
This is an excellent recipe, Indu. Catching up with your site after a long time…
thanks Apsara. Yes I haven’t seen you in a while but then I cannot really complain since I have been also not spending enough time blogging! Hope you have been well!
Wow, this sounds so delicious, Indu! And, it is so healthy to boot! 😀
Yes Julianna! Healthy and delicious, can’t beat that right? And so easy to make too! 🙂
What a lovely twist on quinoa. Thanks for sharing this amazing dish. Happy FF, Indu. 🙂 xx
thanks Jhuls! Yes this is a healthy and tasty dish! Happy FF to you too! 🙂
Mmm, I can nearly smell it… 🙂
thanks Lily! Yes the coconut oil aroma is so appetizing! It was really yummy! 🙂
This looks great….bookmarked to try:) Thank you for sharing
You are welcome! 🙂 I am sure you will like it!
I love beets, and would love a bowl of your quinoa!
thanks Julie – if you love beets you will love this for sure! 🙂
This looks great and what an awesome addition to quinoa. Full of flavor and protein. I hear you on time-saving. This is perfect.
Thanks Amanda yes isn’t it? And the color was lovely too! 🙂
Love it! I’d happily eat a huge pile of that 🙂
Yes Elaine it was so delicious! 🙂 And so colorful! 🙂
I love beets and this looks like a delicious way to cook quinoa! I probably would gobble it up in 5 minutes too. 🙂
Yes me too! Love beets! But for some reason rest of my family doesn’t 🙁 So this was my little treat.