- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 5 (5 ounce) packages baby spinach
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is softened, about 4 minutes. Add quinoa to onion mixture; cook and stir for about 1 minute more.
- Pour water over quinoa mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover saucepan, and simmer until quinoa is tender and water is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Stir spinach and lemon zest into quinoa mixture; season with salt and pepper.