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Healthy quinoa casserole made with zucchini, black beans and cilantro. Mexican style weeknight dinner idea!

Taco Zucchini Quinoa Casserole - Delicious, healthy and vegetarian taco quinoa casserole made with zucchini, cilantro and black beans. The best quinoa casserole made quickly in one bowl by ilonaspassion.com I @ilonaspassion

I just made this quinoa casserole in one bowl. It was quick, easy and delicious. I kept the Mexican taco sauce to add some stronger flavor to already delicate zucchini. The taste was incredible.

I love tacos, burritos, enchiladas… anything Mexican is my favorite. Mmmm…. and cilantro that adds so much flavor to any dish. I was cooking with quinoa for the second time. The first Pistachio Quinoa and Cranberry Granola was a hit.  I used dried uncooked quinoa for granola. I thought it will be so good as crunchy and I was right:) Today I’ve decided that I should give it a try with cooked quinoa and I used it in my taco quinoa casserole.

Taco Zucchini Quinoa Casserole - Delicious, healthy and vegetarian taco quinoa casserole made with zucchini, cilantro and black beans. The best quinoa casserole made quickly in one bowl by ilonaspassion.com I @ilonaspassion

At first I thought that I wanted to avoid any rice or quinoa. However, I thought that quinoa casserole with zucchini, black beans and yummy cilantro will be perfect. It’s very healthy and… again meatless. Wow.. I definitely make lots of meatless dinners. Still I love them.

I would be happy if my children will like this quinoa casserole. But they saw it and they were not interested to eat it. But, maybe if its with pasta they will love it. Obviously, I have to make with pasta next time. They don’t really like Mexican dishes and maybe that’s why they didn’t try my dinner. Apparently, for me and my husband it was the best quinoa casserole. I will be making this easy dinner often.

Taco Zucchini Quinoa Casserole - Delicious, healthy and vegetarian taco quinoa casserole made with zucchini, cilantro and black beans. The best quinoa casserole made quickly in one bowl by ilonaspassion.com I @ilonaspassion

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Taco Zucchini Quinoa Casserole - Delicious, healthy and vegetarian taco quinoa casserole made with zucchini, cilantro and black beans. The best quinoa casserole made quickly in one bowl by ilonaspassion.com I @ilonaspassion
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Taco Zucchini Quinoa Casserole

Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Author: Ilona

Ingredients

  • 1 cup black beans
  • 3/4 cup cooked quinoa*
  • 1 medium-sized zucchini diced
  • 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
  • 12 oz. taco sauce about 340ml
  • 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded

Extras

  • 1 small avocado diced
  • 1 small tomato diced
  • cilantro to garnish
  • salt/pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • In a large bowl mix black beans, cooked quinoa, diced zucchini, cilantro and taco sauce.
  • Pour into the 10 x 8 pan.
  • Add cheese on top.
  • Bake for 30 - 40 minutes.

Extras

  • Mix diced avocado with diced tomato and some cilantro. Add a little salt and pepper.
  • Serve with quinoa taco casserole.

Notes

*3/4 cup cooked quinoa is approximately 1/2 uncooked
Nutrition Facts
Taco Zucchini Quinoa Casserole
Amount Per Serving (4 g)
Calories 0
% Daily Value*
Potassium 0mg 0%
Vitamin A 0%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 0%
Iron 0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  9. Tamara

    April 4, 2016 at 10:05 PM

    Quinoa is such a healthy addition when going meatless due to its protein content! This looks yummy… Keep offering it to your kids, they’ll come around. My 4 adult sons all cook, and have almost no dislikes, but I kept offering things to them when they were little… Go Ilona!

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  14. ATW Renegades

    November 11, 2016 at 11:17 PM

    I cooked this for my husband tonight, who is a professional chef. He was very skeptical of this being good since he is such a huge meat eater, and this is vegetarian. But he absolutely loved it!! He even went back for thirds! It’s a healthy, comforting, flavorful and easy dish that we will be putting into the regular rotation 🙂 I think one of the keys too is that we invested in some really good taco sauce found at Whole Foods that included red pepper and cumin. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

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    • Ilona

      November 12, 2016 at 10:54 AM

      Thank you so much! I am so happy to hear the good news. I agree if you invest in really good taco sauce that you like you’ll love the whole dish:) Thank you for trying my recipe.

      Reply

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