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Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray inside of 2-quart cast iron Dutch oven and lid with olive or canola oil.

Rinse quinoa in a strainer and place in pot with water. Smooth out the layer and add onion strips.

Rinse the chicken and place the pieces in the pot. Salt and pepper to taste. Create a layer of squash, lightly season with salt and pepper, and drop broccoli in on top. Arrange mushroom slices and tuck rosemary sprigs into crevices between the foods. Sprinkle lightly with the final salt and pepper.

Cover and bake for 45 minutes. Do not lift the lid before you smell the aroma of a fully-cooked meal escape the oven, and then wait three more minutes before opening the Dutch oven.

Tips:

• Don't forget to remove the rosemary sprigs before eating!
• This recipe will work in both an enameled cast-iron Dutch oven and one of raw, uncoated cast iron.
• Be sure your conventional oven is correctly adjusted and is fully pre-heated to 450 degrees F before putting the meal inside.
• Pronounced "keen-wa", quinoa is one of the only grains that is a complete protein. The staple grain of the Incans, it has a unique, appealing texture. Find it near the rice in your grocery store.
  

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About the Author: Elizabeth Yarnell is the inventor and author of Glorious One-Pot Meals: A new quick & healthy approach to Dutch oven cooking. Her recipes are protected under US patent no. 6,846,504. Learn more about Glorious One-Pot Meals at www.gloriousonepotmeals.com.