So yeah…..I’ve kinda been thinking I should start a blog about quinoa. I mean, I cook enough of it, right?
But then I remembered my love affair with chocolate cupcakes…and cake balls…and homemade oreos….and the idea went to hell. Oh well.
But I really am sorta obsessed with quinoa these days. It’s filling and quick, which makes it perfect for my lunch on busy days in the kitchen.
My old favorite quinoa recipe is the black bean, citrus and quinoa salad I made last week…but then I tasted this one and was blown away.
Globs of melty goat cheese? Perfectly roasted beets? Chewy, filling quinoa? The perfect lunch. Duh.
I got inspired to make this after my last experience with this recipe. I love it, but it’s kinda time consuming and involves more ingredients than I feel like getting out just to make a quick lunch for one. This recipe, on the other hand, only requires four ingredients and 30 minutes.
And….you wanna know a secret? You can totally make this meal even quicker one by using Trader Joe’s chilled baby beets. Just take slice ’em and toss ’em in! Done.
It reminded me of macaroni and cheese in weird way. Maybe because I used way more goat cheese than necessary. But you can never have too much, right? Goat cheese is like water. Pure, cold water.
Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Quinoa
serves 1 for lunch!
Inspired by this recipe
Ingredients:
1 large beet, scrubbed clean and chopped into bite-sized pieces (no need to peel if you scrub)
1/4 cup quinoa
3/4 cup water or vegetable stock
2 heaping tablespoons goat cheese
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Scatter the chopped beet on foil topped pan that has been sprayed with oil. Roast for 25-30 minutes, until tender.
While the beets are roasting, rinse your quinoa with water and then combine with veggie stock and bring to a boil on the stove. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and cook 12 minutes.
When the quinoa is done, add the goat cheese and stir until melty and creamy. Add the beets and serve!
Time:
30 minutes
Molly @ RDexposed
June 17, 2011 at 4:46 amI have had beets only 1 time in my entire life. I need to welcome them into my life with this recipe.
Do you think Schrutte Beet Farm distributes to the midwest?
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes
June 17, 2011 at 5:05 amBaha that would be fantastic!
katie @KatieDid
June 17, 2011 at 6:05 pmhaha I just watched that episode last night. so good
mary (sisters running the kitchen)
June 17, 2011 at 4:48 ami’ll be honest, i’m not the biggest fan of beets. I have tried them again and again…hoping to like them, but I just can’t. I do love goat cheese and quinoa though!
Heather (Heather's Dish)
June 17, 2011 at 5:00 ami can’t really get behind the beets thing…don’t love ’em for some reason…but i can DEFINITELY get behind the quinoa and goat cheese!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes
June 17, 2011 at 5:02 amWOW! so simple but looks fantastic….I am excited to try…I am reallyreally bored of my quinoa ideas π yeah for BEETS too haha
Baking 'n' Books
June 17, 2011 at 5:08 amI put Goat Cheese on anything.
When you say you have “busy days in the kitchen” – what is that your doing? Do you bake/make/cook meals everyday for your blog? Do you freeze it or plan in advance what you want for dinner?! π
Baking 'n' Books
June 17, 2011 at 10:28 amAlso – what’s a good sub for the beets? Squash maybe?…I can do butternut squash for sure π
jenna
June 17, 2011 at 10:32 ambutternut squash would be good..
Lauren at Keep It Sweet
June 17, 2011 at 5:09 amAnything that has goat cheese in it is a win!
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey
June 17, 2011 at 5:10 amThat looks really good – it’s alike a grown up version of mac n cheese!
Angela @ Eat Spin Run Repeat
June 17, 2011 at 5:11 amI don’t really like beets on their own, but I can’t get enough of quinoa (sounds like you know the feeling!) so I’d totally be willing to throw them in this recipe!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga
June 17, 2011 at 5:20 amJenna I have a post that is going to be published in two hours…it’s roasted beets!
I was just at the farmers market over the weekend and the beets were just to die for beautiful. People who say they dont like beets in my experience have only had canned ones or some scary ones that are so far from what real beet is…that of course it’s going to be a very blah experience. I want to hit publish on my post right now…but am waiting a couple hours because still editing it π
Love your recipe!
Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin
June 17, 2011 at 5:22 amI made a dish like this once and I loved it! I totally agree that there is no such thing as too much goat cheese. π
Jil @ Big City, Lil Kitchen
June 17, 2011 at 5:31 amAnything with goat cheese wins in my book — oh, and quinoa and beets are pretty amazing, too.
Holly @ The Runny Egg
June 17, 2011 at 5:53 amBeets + Goat Cheese = Awesome. To me the quinoa would just be filler π
Monika
June 17, 2011 at 5:56 amJenna you’re a genius. ’nuff said!
Natalia - a side of simple
June 17, 2011 at 6:00 amPretty obsessed with quinoa myself..but uh…beets? Yea. They still terrify me. Maybe I’ll add chocolate chips instead and see what happens…
amy walters, aDESIGNdock
June 17, 2011 at 6:00 amI like the sounds of this recipe! But I have to admit that cooking with beets intimidates me π Is Trader Joe’s Beets available in Canada?
Hilliary
June 17, 2011 at 6:00 amI am going to have to make this sometime. I love beets with goat cheese, one of the best combinations!
kate
June 17, 2011 at 6:07 amthis looks delish I love roasted beets!!
Kristin Murdock
June 17, 2011 at 6:08 amLike many have already said, I am such a goat cheese lover but simply can’t convince my taste buds to love beets! It’s one of those things I really WANT to love but I just try and try and try and it never works. Maybe I’ll make an asparagus and goat cheese quinoa. π
Liv @ The Salty n' Sweet
June 17, 2011 at 6:13 amGoats cheese is perfect! And if this quinoa dish tastes like mac n’ cheese, I’m not complaining one bit. Though I think I’ll swap the beets with something else, since they freak me out! Maybe some peas?
Khushboo
June 17, 2011 at 6:53 amRoasted squash or pumpkin taste fab with goat cheese!
Cara
June 17, 2011 at 6:16 amI can’t wait to try this!!! It looks great! Those are three things I haven’t had in awhile but want to reintroduce to my diet!
d.liff @ yelleBELLYboo
June 17, 2011 at 6:17 amThere is nothing better than beet and goat cheese salad – this sounds like such a wonderful and healthy twist to make it a little more hearty! I just introduced my boyfriend to beets for the first time ever – we picked up some lettuce, goat cheese, and beets from the local farmers market. I think he’s a convert! I’ll have to try this quinoa out on him.
Carissa
June 17, 2011 at 6:18 amI just bought a huge bag of quinoa at Costco. Can’t wait to try this! I might be like you with gardening and pull my beets out before they’re ready so that I can make this! π
Miranda @ Working Mom Works Out
June 17, 2011 at 6:18 amI looks amazing, too bad I don’t like beets. Maybe some other vegetable? And you’re right on about goat cheese!
Mary Catherine
June 17, 2011 at 6:18 amBetter than your Black Bean, Citrus & Quinoa Salad? That stuff is like crack to me. I crave it after a hot and sweaty workout. I’ve made it twice and have had it every night for dinner for the past two weeks. Maybe it’s time I try a new quinoa recipe! I do love me some goat cheese…
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen
June 17, 2011 at 6:23 amTJ’s beets + TJ’s goat cheese does equal love! two of my favorite things.
Lauren
June 17, 2011 at 6:25 amThese are 3 of my favorite things in life. Consider this made. Thanks, Jenna! I honestly don’t know what I would cook without your recipes. BTW, I made the Black Bean, Citrus & Quinoa Salad for my boyfriend this week and he swears it was the best meal he has ever had. No joke.
melissa (fitnessnyc)
June 17, 2011 at 6:28 amWhy is it only breakfast? drool
Faith @ lovelyascharged
June 17, 2011 at 6:40 amOh Jenna, I know I drool over all of your meals, but this one especially has my name written all over it! It looks PHAH.NOH.MEH.NAL.
Jenny
June 17, 2011 at 6:45 amHave you ever experimented with millet? I’m curious about possibly switching over – or amaranth? Recipe looks delicious!
Khushboo
June 17, 2011 at 6:51 amI died and went to heaven with the risotto so you know I will be making this! Goat cheese is orgasmic!
Lindsay @ Summit Sandwiches
June 17, 2011 at 6:51 amI love your one serving recipes! As a single lady, sometimes I just don’t want to have to deal with leftovers for days on end, so Your recipes are PERFECT for those days when I don’t feel like making my usual one-serving staple of eggs + toast (although I will never knock my beloved eggs…they are the shiz). Your beet quinoa sounds delicious and healthy…love, love, love it!
megan @ whatmegansmaking
June 17, 2011 at 6:53 amI haven’t had a roasted beet in forever! I wonder when they are in season in Michigan and if I will get any in my CSA… this quinoa dish looks fantastic!
Beth @ DiningAndDishing
June 17, 2011 at 6:57 amPerfect timing Jenna! I made your black bean, citrus and quinoa salad last Sunday and have been taking it for lunch all week. It’s been so easy to grab and go, I was thinking of doing a different quinoa salad for this upcoming week. I think we have a winner!
Amy
June 17, 2011 at 7:01 amI made something like this with Israeli couscous and it was divine… I also added some toasted almonds for a little crunch!
kristina@beancakes
June 17, 2011 at 7:01 ami love beets, the idea of putting them in quinoa is genius! will have to try!
happy friday π
xoxo ~ kristina
Khushboo @ Two Megapixel Food
June 17, 2011 at 7:03 amI haven’t EVER bought beets cos I just don’t know what to do with them. This definitely helps! Although I will need to replace goats cheese with something that is commonly available. sigh.
Carey @ Positively Blonde
June 17, 2011 at 7:07 amThis recipe looks great and so easy! Definitely keeping this on the list for when I get home late from work and don’t have many items in the fridge!
Angela (Oh She Glows)
June 17, 2011 at 7:19 amThat is such an interesting combo of ingredients and flavours! I’ll have to try this with some of Gena’s homemade vegan ‘goat cheese’ recipe. I bet it would be great!
Meghan @ StruggleMuffins
June 17, 2011 at 7:19 amI’ve totally never been a beet person but the picture just looks so damn yummy, I’m going to have to try it. Twist my arm, why don’tcha!
mary (what's cookin with mary)
June 17, 2011 at 7:38 amI am in love with all things quinoa… all things beet… and certainly all things goat cheese (have you tried goat feta?!)! Just posted a pasta salad (my brother’s recipe to be exact) with one of the three of those things π Come check it out!
Been really loving beets juiced also. Note to self: don’t wear white when going to get a veggie juice with beets !
Jen
June 17, 2011 at 7:41 amBeets + goat cheese = never a failure. And I love cooking quinoa in broth. This is my kind of lunch. Easy and delish.
Stephanie
June 17, 2011 at 7:44 amHoly yum! I love beets, I love goat cheese, I love quinoa. Thank you for putting them all into one delicious, simple recipe. I might have to leave work right this minute and go make this!
Maria
June 17, 2011 at 7:56 amGreat quinoa recipe!
Rachel
June 17, 2011 at 8:06 amMmm.. I love the combo of goat cheese and beets; they make a great salad at Whole Food’s that I often get with the combo.
I’ve never tried it with quinoa before, but that’s a great idea. I’m trying to play with quinoa a bit more in the kitchen. I went through a phase where I literally ate it ALL THE TIME, but I think it’s about time I bring it back!
Thanks for sharing.
Sarah
June 17, 2011 at 8:19 amgoat cheese+quinoa.. looks amazing. I’m not sure how I feel about the beats though. I just can’t get into them no matter what recipe I try.
Urban Wife
June 17, 2011 at 8:25 amBeets aren’t exactly my choice veggie but I guess if there’s enough cheese to smother the taste, then I might go for it! π
Jen of My Tiny Oven
June 17, 2011 at 8:33 amI love everything about this dish… I kinda want to marry this dish! You rock!
Ruth
June 17, 2011 at 8:36 amThis looks likevanother recipe to add to the salad-boredom-busting stash! Thanks!
Alejandra @ mouthfulsandmorsels.wordpress.com
June 17, 2011 at 8:43 amI love beets! But currently I’m obsessed with golden beets, they’re not as sweet and they’re flavor is much more subtle.
Jemma @ Celery and Cupcakes
June 17, 2011 at 9:13 amThere are so many beet recipes in blog land today, This looks amazing!
Lauren
June 17, 2011 at 9:21 amI just want to say I really love your blog. I have had great success with your recipes and your pictures are always beautiful. Your blog is one of the few that I read that is committed to creating great recipes for your readers and I appreciate that. Keep the recipes coming!
Lauren
jenna
June 17, 2011 at 10:32 amthank you! π
French Heart
June 17, 2011 at 9:29 amSounds good…I need more quinoa in my life.
Rachelr
June 17, 2011 at 9:37 amWOW!! can you actually see into my fridge?? i was debating what to have for a working lunch tomorrow, yet I always have quinoa, i have some cooked beets in the fridge and a brand new tub of creamed goats cheese in the fridge!! Your the best!!! Thanks xxx
Jen G.
June 17, 2011 at 9:55 amWhat cheese would substitute best for the goat cheese? I’m obviously in the minority here, but I can’t stand the stuff. It’s the only cheese I have an aversion to, and no matter how many times I try it, I can’t like it!
jenna
June 17, 2011 at 10:32 amfeta?
Lauren
June 17, 2011 at 10:07 amMy god, this sounds amazing. I just restocked on quinoa, and I cannot wait to make this recipe. Anything with goat cheese makes me abnormally happy!
Beth (Well I'll Be)
June 17, 2011 at 10:07 amI love beets and goat cheese together, but you added another one of my favorites quinoa! I can’t wait to try this!
Lauri (Redheadrecipes.com)
June 17, 2011 at 10:57 amMUST make quinoa again soon!! I LOVE quinoa pasta, but I honestly have only made a few dishes w/ ‘regular’ quinoa! This one looks yummy though!!
Kelli H (Made in Sonoma)
June 17, 2011 at 11:19 amMmm…this would be perfect for me since I have a minor obsession with beets & goat cheese. I’ve made a salad like this before recently but with bulgar.
Katrina
June 17, 2011 at 11:21 amI love how simple this is. So tasty and delish!
Katy
June 17, 2011 at 11:37 amThis picture just looks like oatmeal with cheese on it to me and totally grossed me out! haha I’m sure it tastes better than it looks though π
Moni'sMeals
June 17, 2011 at 11:45 amYum! I think this can be my lunch today and I have golden beets, Awesome Jenna!
goat cheese and beets=mi gusta!
Alison @ Hospitality Haven
June 17, 2011 at 12:16 pmThis might just need to be made ASAP…
Courtney
June 17, 2011 at 12:48 pmLooks yummy!
I don’t think I have seen this on your blog yet, but if you have an obsession with quinoa might you try some quinoa granola? It’s pretty delicious; I keep some in my freezer and use it for topping yogurt, oats, and on pb&j!
Baking 'n' Books
June 18, 2011 at 6:34 amOh I would love to see a granola with it! I love granola but buy the Nature’s Path all the time.
Also Jenna – I really like these recipes just for 1-2 servings. Mind doing more of those in the future? I know people like to do stuff for leftovers, but living alone and with little time sometimes I just like to prepare a dish and not clean up or store away stuff for later (plus, no freezer/fridge space!).
Thanks.
Rebecca @ How the Cookies Crumble
June 17, 2011 at 12:57 pmI was unsure about beets for a long time. There was something just weird and foreign and grandma like about them too me. But a couple of years ago my sister had a salad with beets and I tried it. And it was good!! And I’ve enjoyed beets (and beet greens!) ever since!! And trader joes precooked beets are pretty awesome!
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Katie P
June 17, 2011 at 1:32 pmMmmmmm… I am can’t wait to make this. Maybe I’ll add some pistachios for crunch and maybe a bit of citrus for some tang. YUM! Thanks for another stellar recipe!
Jennifer
June 17, 2011 at 1:38 pmI will totally make this. I had to link to your recipe! It looks delicious!
Sana
June 17, 2011 at 1:38 pmInteresting! I have only ever eaten a beet macaroon!!!
Gina (Yogattude)
June 17, 2011 at 2:26 pmI love this recipe! (and I love that blue dish!)
kaila @ healthy helper!
June 17, 2011 at 2:31 pmI have been obsessed with beets lately too! So summery and flavorful!
Sarah
June 17, 2011 at 3:14 pmI live in Japan and I stopped by a health food store and asked for some quinoa (and I even pronounced it right!). The clerk looked at me quizzically and asked “Do you speak English?”
“Yes, and it’s still quinoa.”
I did find it in stock but the clerk had never heard of it. I tried to translate “ancient grain” but I think it perplexed her more. At least I found it and had a great quinoa veggie salad!
Susie
June 17, 2011 at 3:24 pmI’ve been meaning to try out quinoa forever now, I really have to get on it! I only recently discovered my love for beets in the last year after going to a chain in NYC called Junior’s. They always serves beets and pickles as a side/extra for whatever reason. Delicious, though. Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Kayla @ SproutyBuns
June 17, 2011 at 3:44 pmI am speechless. Two of my all-time favorite foods, quinoa and roasted beets, combined with my new found love, goat cheese … I think I shed a tear π
Katie
June 17, 2011 at 4:51 pmIs this better than your beet risotto? Cause I made that a few weeks ago and I am still dreaming about it!
katie @KatieDid
June 17, 2011 at 6:07 pmnearly perfect meal in my eyes. Filling, light and fresh, tangy and sweet. I’m on a major goat cheese kick right now, I cannot seem to get enough of it on anything and everything.
Koko
June 17, 2011 at 6:33 pmThis looks SO easy and delicious, I am definitely tying this for lunch next week.
Hillary [Nutrition Nut on the Run]
June 17, 2011 at 6:42 pmI just bought 2 x 4lb. bags of organic quinoa @ Costco today – yay, I’m addicted!
Justeen @ Blissful Baking
June 17, 2011 at 7:37 pmMmm I love roasted beets! This sounds like my ideal lunch!
Joelle (On A Pink Typewriter)
June 17, 2011 at 7:41 pmYou totally won me over with the mac and cheese comment, not that a meal of quinoa + goat cheese needs any incentive to be cooked in my kitchen. So good.
Hayley
June 17, 2011 at 7:51 pmI LOVE beets — nature’s candy! And I will eat goat cheese on anything. It’s the quinoa that’s throwing me off. I get a little grossed out by the little tails on them, and the whole rinsing thing is aggravating…they get all caught in my colander. What am I doing wrong?
Jaime
June 17, 2011 at 9:35 pmI buy the Bobs Red Mill Organic brand which has already been rinsed and air dried! You can get it at your regular old grocery store! π
Jaime
June 17, 2011 at 9:32 pmOh.Em. Gee. I need this in my face immediately!
jenna k
June 18, 2011 at 12:21 ami’ve been wanting to try beets AND quinoa soon, so this is perfect!! i was so tempted to get a couple beets at my farmer’s market last week, but i’ll definitely have to get them this week!
Cat @Breakfast to Bed
June 18, 2011 at 5:19 amI bet those would be really good made into quinoa cakes and dipped in some sort of vinaigrette!!
Katie
June 18, 2011 at 6:43 amThis looks heavenly! I just stumbled upon you on Twitter and your blog and love your personality and recipes and look forward to following you. This recipe is a must try this week. Thanks for sharing, because there is nothing better than goat cheese in everything. HA! π
Dianna @ The Kitchen prep
June 18, 2011 at 7:13 pmI’ve become semi-obsessed with quinoa as well. It’s healthy and actually fills up my bottomless pit of a husband… what’s not to love! π In fact, I just posted a tasty quinoa side dish/appetizer/girl meal a few days ago: http://bit.ly/j8hIM2. Thanks for another yummy way to try quinoa!
Elizabeth Edith
June 19, 2011 at 12:32 amjust made this for girl’s night π I added a little salt and it was amazing!
Katie @ cookiesandkimchi
June 19, 2011 at 5:01 pmI remembered to pick up beets at the market today and am so glad I did! Can’t wait to make this recipe for lunch sometime this week. Yum.
Pam
June 20, 2011 at 5:49 pmWhat a great pairing of simple ingredients – love it!!
ashleigh
June 21, 2011 at 10:22 amYum- eating this right now. Next time I am eating it over arugula than it’s 4 of my favorite things π
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Julia
June 23, 2011 at 8:31 pmI honestly thought I hated beets but these pictures are so pretty and I’m trying to incorporate a wider variety of foods in my diet so I figured I’d give this a try. Plus I love quinoa and goat cheese, so it wouldn’t be a total loss. Turns out, I loved this dish!!! I added a little balsamic vinegar to the beets after they roasted and was very happy with the result. Thanks for expanding my horizons!
Tracie
July 1, 2011 at 7:28 amI made this last night and it was fantastic! This was the first time I’ve ever roasted beets and definitely won’t be the last. I *heart* quinoa and goat cheese, and now I can add roasted beets to that list! Thank you!!
Dora
July 9, 2011 at 8:55 amLast night I had beets for the very first time, and oh my head what a revelation. (‘They taste like earth!!’ but with lots more verbal exclamation points.) Just made your recipe for impromptu quasi-brunch (does it count as brunch if you had breakfast half an hour prior, but noon is less than ten minutes away?), and I think I want to eat this for the rest of my life.
I hope the beets can forgive me for having ignored them for so very long.
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Lindsey
January 21, 2012 at 4:54 pmI tried this today and it’s fantastic! So simple, filling and delicious. Thanks for sharing..I’m always looking for new quinoa recipes.
Betsy
February 8, 2012 at 9:26 amThis is fabulous! First time ever cooking with beats. They balance out the tangy sharpness of the goat cheese really well. I use quinoa a lot so thank you for another great recipe!
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David
July 31, 2012 at 11:44 pmI love that bowl
kylabee
April 8, 2013 at 2:33 pmThis sound delish and I have beets at home. I was looking for something different to do with them.
Thanks for sharing.