Mediterranean
Quinoa and Chickpea Power Bowl
Quinoa and Chickpea Power Bowl is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups quinoa
- 15 oz canned chickpeas
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 red onion
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 2 lemons
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Rinse the quinoa, then simmer in 3 cups water until tender and the germ uncoils, about 15 minutes; drain and cool slightly.
- Whisk the tahini, juice of the lemons, minced garlic, half the olive oil, and a splash of water into a pourable dressing.
- Toss the drained chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, red onion, and olives with the remaining olive oil, oregano, and salt.
- Fold the spinach and quinoa into the vegetables.
- Divide among bowls and drizzle generously with the tahini dressing.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Quinoa and Chickpea Power Bowl carries sesame. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Beef Kofta Kebabs |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Pulses, Vegetables, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Quinoa and Chickpea Power Bowl takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on quinoa, chickpea, and cucumber.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.