Quinoa Chicken from @TinaKashian1 #giveaway

 

Hello from TINA KASHIAN! I’m thrilled to be a new addition to Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen. I’ve been a fan of the blog for a while and have discovered wonderful recipes.

For my first official 2021 post, I wanted to incorporate my New Year’s Resolution to eat a bit healthier. After all the rich holiday dishes, I’ve been looking to cut some calories as well as add fiber to my diet. I’m sure to still post tempting desserts in the future, but also healthier dishes. I’ve recently started cooking with quinoa. My first attempt was not successful. The dish was bland, and I steered away from quinoa in the supermarket shelves. But I decided to try again and had success. The best way to add flavor to quinoa is to cook it in chicken or vegetable broth, not water. Here’s a healthy dish that adds fiber without sacrificing flavor. 

Ingredients

1 cup quinoa

2 cups chicken broth

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 small onion, roughly chopped

2 cloves minced garlic

1-pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut in ½ inch cubes

14 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes

Salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions:

Rinse quinoa in a small strainer to remove any residue. 

In a saucepan, bring chicken broth and quinoa to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for ten minutes. After ten minutes, turn heat off and leave saucepan covered on burner. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a pot. Add chopped onions and garlic and cook until onions turn translucent, about 5 minutes.

Season chicken breast with salt and pepper, then add to pot. Cook until chicken is fully cooked.

 

Add cooked quinoa and diced tomatoes into the pot. 

 Add more salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy!

My most recent book is Mistletoe, Moussaka & Murder, the fifth book in my Kebab Kitchen Mediterranean mystery series. The murder takes place during the Polar Bear Plunge at the Jersey shore during the Holiday Season. Family recipes are shared in the back of all my books. I already shared my recipe for moussaka at Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen, and I’m happy to share this one, too.

For a chance to win a signed, print copy of “Mistletoe, Moussaka & Murder,” (U.S. Only), what is your favorite healthy dish? Please leave an email address to enter to win.

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Not even her impending nuptials can keep Lucy Berberian, manager of her family-owned Kebab Kitchen, from the Jersey Shore’s annual Polar Bear Plunge. But her dive into the icy ocean is especially chilling when she finds a fellow swimmer doing the dead man’s float—for real . . .
 
Who would kill a man in cold blood during Ocean Crest, New Jersey’s most popular winter event? When Lucy learns the victim is Deacon Spooner, the reception hall owner who turned up his nose—and his price—at her wedding plans, she can’t help wondering who wouldn’t kill the pompous caterer . . .
 
Perhaps the culprit is the wedding cake baker whose career Deacon nearly destroyed? Or the angry bride whose reception he ruined? With her maid of honor, Katie, busily planning Lucy’s wedding without her, Lucy will have to get to the bottom of this cold-hearted business in time for Kebab Kitchen’s mouthwatering Christmas celebration—and before her hometown’s holiday spirit washes out to sea . . .
 
Recipes included!

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Tina Kashian is an attorney and a former mechanical engineer whose love of reading for pleasure helped her get through years of academia. Tina spent her childhood summers at the Jersey shore building sandcastles, boogie boarding, and riding the boardwalk Ferris wheel. She also grew up in the restaurant business, as her Armenian parents owned a restaurant for thirty years. Tina still lives in New Jersey with her supportive husband and two daughters.

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