Stuck in a rut at dinner time? Looking for some variety to your mealtime routine? We tend to eat the same couple of things for dinner-pizza, baked salmon, or chicken with rice & veggies. We have tons of cookbooks, but I wanted something that I knew wasn’t going to take a lot of prep time.
Here is the another super easy to prep and quick-cooking meals to fuel your next dinner.
Italian Sausage with Spinach, Arugula, and Quinoa
Serves: 2-3
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups quinoa
2 cups water
1 tsp. salt
8 oz. Italian sausage
1 cup diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil
2 cups Arugula/Spinach Mix
½ cup white beans, drained, rinsed
1 tsp. olive oil
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Rinse quinoa well and drain.
- Bring water and salt to a boil in a small saucepan. Add quinoa, stir, lower heat to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile,heat oil in a medium sauté pain over medium high heat. Remove sausage from casing and add to pan. Break up sausage chunks while it is cooking. Cook sausage 3-4 minutes until browned.
- Add remaining ingredients. Cover and cook for 2 minutes until all greens are wilted and sausage is cooked.
- Place ¾ cup quinoa on each plate. Top with sausage mixture.
Jenni Pottebaum is an Ironman Certified Coach, Seven-time Ironman and former pro triathlete. She coaches triathletes out of Sacramento, California and welcomes any questions you might have. Contact Jenni directly here.
