Crock Pot Pizza Quinoa
This easy Crock Pot Pizza Quinoa tastes like the classic comfort food but is totally guilt, and gluten free! It's a healthy, kid-friendly, weeknight meal that will please the whole family!
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 Cup Organic pizza sauce divided + additional for servings
- 1 Cup Quinoa * read notes
- 1 Cup Green Bell pepper chopped
- 1/3 Cup Turkey pepperonis halved
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- pinches Few of pepper
- 1 1/4 Cups Reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 8 oz Raw 93% lean ground beef
- 3/4 Cup Grated Mozzarella cheese packed + additional for garnish
- 1/4 Cup Grated Parmesan cheese packed
Instructions
- Spray a 5 quart slow cooker with cooking spray and add 1 cup of the pizza sauce (saving the rest for later,) and the quinoa, green pepper, turkey pepperoni, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper inside of it, and stir together.
- Add in the chicken broth and stir. Finally, crumble up the ground beef and stir it into the quinoa.
- Set to HIGH heat and cook until the liquid is absorbed, the quinoa is tender, and the beef is cooked, about 2-3 hours. (Mine only took 2)
- Add in the remaining 1/4 cup of pizza sauce and the cheese and stir. Cover and cook an additional 5 minutes, so the cheese can melt.
- Divide the quinoa between 4 plates and drizzle with a little bit of extra pizza sauce and grated Mozzarella cheese and DEVOUR.
Notes
*I made this a few time with the "uncolored" quinoa, and it was perfect! When I had to photograph it, I only had tri-colored quinoa on hand, and it just was not as good. So please use the "uncolored" quinoa in this recipe!