My weekend consisted of a butt load of recipe testing, cooking, and picture taking. And I truly couldn’t be more happy about that. Also, this month marks one whole year since I started my blog. Crazy! But, I’m doing something extra special to celebrate that so we’ll move on to the quinoa.

I’ve been truly into quinoa the past year. I started out simply making it plain with a bit of salt and pepper. But lately I’ve been doing all kinds of fun things with it and I’ve even been trying out different kinds of quinoa. This simple recipe of adding a touch of S&P + Cilantro and some Lime is my absolute regular though. Simply be careful you don’t put too much lime. I’ve made that mistake and it’s a hard taste to balance.

Also, this quinoa makes me think of Chipotle’s cilantro lime rice and that makes me SO so happy.

While your quinoa is a cookin’, you can cut up the onion and throw it in a greased skillet to saute for a few minutes. While that’s happening, chop of the cilantro and green onion and get your limes ready to juice. I’m all about efficiency in the kitchen.

Once the onions are sauteed and the quinoa is cooked, all that’s truly left is to throw it all in a big bowl and stir. Add the onion to the quinoa…

And then the cilantro and lime juice.

Give it all a nice good stir and you’re pretty much done.

Once plated, I like to add some green onion on top and maybe a few more pinches of cilantro (because I’m thoroughly obsessed).

What’s your go-to way to eat quinoa??