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Cilantro Lime Quinoa Side Dish | Healthy Eats by Jennie

Cilantro Lime Quinoa

If you love Chipotle’s cilantro lime rice, you will love this Quinoa Side Dish as a healthy version. This is a perfect recipe to make during a food prep session as you can use it for a variety of meals!

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword Quinoa Side Dish
Prep Time 1 minute
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 16 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup quinoa (uncooked)
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 1/2 teas salt
  • 2 garlic cloves smashed
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • Big handful of cilantro leaves/stems coarsely chopped

Instructions

  1. Cook quinoa according to package directions (with regards to time, heat, amount of water, etc.) and before you cover the quinoa to cook, add in garlic, olive oil and salt.

  2. When the quinoa is done, fluff with a fork and then fold in the cilantro. 

  3. Add lime juice and stir.