Asian Beef and Vegetable Quinoa Bowls

I found this recipe in Giabetic Living’s Eat Cheap Eat Healthy.  You could probably sub it ground turkey for the beef, if beef isn’t your thing.

1lb. 93% lean ground beef
2 C. matchstick cut carrots
3 tbsp. reduced sodium soy sauce
1 tbsp. packed brown sugar
1 tbsp. lime juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
1/2 C. biased sliced green onions
1 1/3 C. hot cooked quinoa
1/4 C. chopped salted dry roasted peanuts

In a 10 inch non stick skillet, cook beef over medium high heat until browned.  Reduce heat to medium.  Stir in the next 6 ingredients.  Cook and stir 5 minutes or until carrots are crisp tender.  Stir in green onion.

Serve beef mixture over quinoa.  Sprinkle with peanuts.

Per serving—1 1/3 C. beef mixture + 1/3 C. quinoa 357 calories, 14g. fat, 71 mg. cholesterol, 574mg.  sodium, 28g. carbohydrates, 30g. protein