Quick Dinner!

Tonight's dinner was ridiculously quick!

I started by slicing a block of Lightlife garden veggie tempeh in half lengthwise so it wasn't too thick and then each slice in half.  Then I mixed up a marinade of:

2 Tbsp. olive oil

Juice of 1 lemon

Zest of 1 lemon

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. thyme

black pepper

sprinkle of salt

...and rubbed it all over the tempeh.  

Then I started cooking up some quinoa.  It only takes about 15 minutes and it's a whole grain with ridiculous amounts of protein and calcium!  When the quinoa was done I stirred in:

Juice of 1 lemon

Zest of 1 lemon

3/4 cup chopped Italian parsley

2 green onions

salt and pepper to taste

Then I heated up a cast iron skillet and added a little oil.  I tossed in the tempeh and let it sear nicely before flipping to the other side.  It didn't take long.

I threw in a salad at the last minute with some green leaf lettuce, craisins, and walnuts.  I mixed up a little dressing, too.  I have no idea on the quanitites, but the ingredients were:

Veganaise

Dijon mustard

flax oil

lemon juice

salt

pepper

This could totally be on the Rachel Ray show.  Except that it doesn't have sausage or cheese in it.