Jar-cooked Quinoa with Peppers

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  • Difficulty: Very easy
  • Cost: Medium
  • Rest time: 20 Minutes
  • Preparation time: 10 Minutes
  • Portions: 1
  • Cooking methods: Microwave
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: Spring, Summer
414.81 Kcal
calories per serving
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  • Energy 414.81 (Kcal)
  • Carbohydrates 44.20 (g) of which sugars 6.67 (g)
  • Proteins 11.56 (g)
  • Fat 21.10 (g) of which saturated 4.07 (g)of which unsaturated 4.74 (g)
  • Fibers 10.33 (g)
  • Sodium 489.97 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 271 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

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If you like, you can replace the pepper with the same weight of other vegetables, such as asparagus, mushrooms, or zucchini. If you love ethnic recipes, you can flavor the quinoa with curry. Once you open the jar, you can add diced feta, mozzarella, or for a vegan version, smoked and grilled tofu.

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Rosella Errante, a food blogger on the Giallo Zafferano platform, passionate about food, decided to speed up traditional dishes, specializing in microwave jar cooking, healthy eating, using the latest appliances. Hence the name of her blog, Dal tegame al vasetto.

After domesticating the jar cooking technique, she opened a support group on Facebook, Easy Jar Cooking, following every member of her community and introducing them to this extraordinary cooking technique.

Author of 3 books: 2 on jar cooking, Easy Jar Cooking and Light Jar Cooking, and a book Air Fryer. All published by Gribaudo.

She teaches courses throughout Italy, both on microwave jar cooking and on air frying.

You can find Rosella Errante on all social channels: Facebook page and profile – Instagram – Tik Tok – Pinterest – You Tube – Telegram Channel –

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Rosella Errante, food blogger and writer, specializes in jar cooking, microwave and multicooker, with recipes for air fryer.

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