Nice Irksome Cooker Quinoa Enchilada Casserole

CONFESSION: The offset fourth dimension I e'er had quinoa was only a few weeks ago. I didn’t convey anything against it – I only never went out of my agency to endeavour it. In fact, I pronounced it “qwinn-oh-a” upward until terminal yr (embarrassing, I know).

But hence I saw this recipe on Cooking Classy, together with I knew I wanted to endeavour it. I’m inwards the middle of a Tex-Mex boot together with I’m craving anything together with everything Southwestern.

This casserole is hence piece of cake to pose together – it’s around other i of those dishes that you lot mix upward together with arrive at correct inwards the crockpot. And it’s real filling! Between the quinoa together with the dark together with pinto beans at that topographic point are close 24 grams of poly peptide per serving.

This dish is perfect for Fridays during Lent or Meatless Mondays or if you’re only looking for a see salubrious dish inwards general.

Slow Cooker Quinoa Enchilada Casserole
Yield: 8 servings

Printable Recipe

Ingredients

·      1 Tablespoon olive oil

·      1 medium yellowish onion, chopped (or close 1 together with 1/4 cups)

·      1 medium crimson bell pepper, chopped or close (1 together with 1/4 cups)

·      3 Tablespoons minced garlic

·      2 together with 1/4 cups vegetable broth

·      1 together with 1/2 cups dry out quinoa

·      1 (14.5 ounce) tin tomatoes amongst greenish chilies (do non drain)

·      1 (8 ounce) tin tomato plant sauce

·      2 Tablespoon chili powder

·      1 together with 1/2 teaspoon solid set down cumin

·      1 (15.2 ounce) tin whole core corn, drained

·      1 (14.5 ounce) tin dark beans, drained

·      1 (14.5 ounce) tin pinto beans, drained

·      1 1/2 cups fatty gratis cheddar cheese or 2% Mexican blend cheese

For serving (optional)

·      Diced avocados, chopped cilantro, salsa, chopped greenish onions

Directions

·      Heat olive crude inwards a skillet over medium heat. Add onion together with bell pepper together with saute iii minutes. Add garlic together with saute thirty to a greater extent than seconds. Pour mixture into tiresome cooker.

·      Stir inwards vegetable broth, dry out quinoa, canned tomatoes, tomato plant sauce, chili pulverization together with cumin.

·      Cover together with arrive at on HIGH oestrus close ii hours thirty minutes - ii hours 45 minutes (keep an oculus on it toward the terminate hence it doesn’t start to laissez passer the sack on the edges).

·      Add corn, dark beans together with pinto beans together with mix.

·      Sprinkle the cheese on top. Cover together with arrive at until heated through together with cheese has melted, close 10 minutes longer.

·      Add additional toppings if desired.