Black Rice Quinoa Grain Bowls…… DELICIOUS!

Black Rice Quinoa Grain Bowls

Happy New Year Everyone!  I hope 2016 is finding you well.  I know it’s that time of year when everyone is getting their healthy on. The Gym’s are being flooded with the masses and we are all set to take on the year! I know I am!

About a year ago I found a love for black rice. Pursuing the grocery stores looking for something “different” and always on the hunt for a nutritious something I can add to my family’s dinner, I came upon black rice.  What? What is this beautiful bag of goodness?  Why I have not ever seen it before?  Have I been blind?  These are the questions I asked myself when googling the ancient grain. Astonished at my lack of knowledge for something so ancient and very, very nutritious.  I mean, all the rage is brown rice, right?  I made the decision to purchase the elusive black rice and off I went home to figure out what to do with it.  These black rice quinoa grain bowls were a hit!

Make them. Make them often.

There are a few things that you can do to make these black rice quinoa grain bowls a quick and easy weeknight meal.  Everything in this dish can be prepared ahead of time for a quick, delicious, meal.  If you want to learn how to cook quinoa in a way to coax out all of the delicious flavor, check out my post here on cooking the perfect quinoa.

Prepare your veggies for roasting. Slice your peppers, onions and zucchini and place on a baking sheet. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt and fresh ground pepper.

Cook your black rice according to recipe directions (which differ from the package) and quinoa (using my perfect Quinoa instructions) as well as your roasted pork.

All of the prepared ingredients will lay atop a bed of fresh spinach.

The whole family really loved these black rice quinoa bowls.  You can add any type of protein you like to them as well.  We have done them with steak as well as chicken and they are just as delicious!

So, what are we waiting for?  Let’s get cooking!