Quinoa Chicken Gumbo - With Shrimp! (or not!)

Here's the recipe for Quinoa Chicken Gumbo - With Shrimp! (or not!)

Things I learned with this recipe: Make sure chicken is fresh, or you'll be starting over. Also, do not catapult vegetables from cutting board across the kitchen onto the floor, unless your husband is out of the room and won't know that you used them anyway (after rinsing them off, of course. 5 second rule). Also, this recipe, once it's prepared, will need to simmer for almost an hour. You'll need to stir it occasionally, keeping the ingredients from burning to the bottom. It's really good though. And it makes a ton!

Ingredients

4 cups cooked quinoa
2 diced onions
4 cloves garlic
1 LB shrimp
1 Lb chicken breast, diced
2 cups marinara
4 cups chicken broth
2 TBSP Olive Oil
1 Bunch Collard Greens
Bell Peppers cut into strips (I used orange)
1/2 C flour

paprika
Salt
thyme

Heat Oil in a large cooking pot on medium. Add chicken, and cook until it turns translucent white, but isn't quite done. Add onions, garlic, salt, thyme, paprika, marinara. Mix. Then add chicken broth, and simmer for 40 minutes. Add quinoa (cooked), shrimp, collard greens, and peppers, thyme. Mix in flour to thicken, simmer for another 10 minutes.

Serve!

.:*Rachel*:.