Cumin-Scented Quinoa With Beef and Beets

This is the past of a month's worthy of weeknight recipes featuring past grains, from Maria Speck's "Ancient Grains for Modern Meals." Quinoa (KEEN-wah) was cultivated astatine slightest 5,000 years ago. It is simply a "pseudograin," which means that it is akin to a atom and has a akin nutritional profile; it's really portion of the goosefoot family, which includes chard and lamb's quarters.

As Speck notes astatine the apical of her recipe, she ne'er wears gloves to peel earthy beets -- but we urge it.

Sumac is simply a acheronian reddish pulverization made from the crushed dried berries of a tiny Mediterranean tree. It gives a sharp, acidic footwear to salads and roasted meats oregon fish. Its analyzable spirit contributes saccharine and bitter notes. In immoderate cases, citrus foodstuff whitethorn beryllium substituted. Sumac is disposable astatine Middle Eastern markets.

Serve with your favourite greenish vegetable, cooked oregon raw.

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

• Calories

  410

• Fat

  18 g

• Saturated Fat

  5 g

• Carbohydrates

  35 g

• Sodium

  620 mg

• Cholesterol

  55 mg

• Protein

  26 g

• Fiber

  3 g

• Sugar

  4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Based connected a look successful Speck's "Ancient Grains for Modern Meals" (Ten Speed Press, 2011).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.