Baked Fish & Lime Quinoa

By Starring Sue Starring Sue @starringsue

Ingredients for Lime Quinoa:

  • 1 Cup of Quinoa
  • 2 Cups of Water
  • 1/4 Chopped Cilantro
  • 1/4 Cherry Tomato
  • 1/2 tsb of minced garlic
  • 1 Lime
  • salt to taste

Directions: 

  1. Put Quinoa and water in your rice cooker.
  2. Squeeze lime juice. Then add minced garlic, chopped cilantro and cherry tomato. If you would like, add salt.
  3. Set rice cooker in “quick cooking” option.

Ingredients for Fish:

  • 4 (6 ounce) fillets
  • 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Chili Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/.4 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 lime

Directions: 

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. In a small bowl, mix spices together.
  3. Drizzle each fillet with olive oil.
  4. Sprinkle each fillet with the mixture of spices.
  5. Squeeze lime juice over the fillets.
  6. Flip the fillets over and repeat steps 3-5.
  7. Place on baking sheet and bake until golden brown and flesh begins to flake (approximately 10-15 minutes).

*On the side, I added steamed Rapini. You may add any vegetable you like!