This builds on the same idea as the post on Building a WFPB Meal at http://wfpbn.blogspot.com/2016/08/biography-of-soup.html, but it is much quicker.
You can start from scratch and have a great filling dish in about 20 minute.
Put half a cup of water in your rice cooker.
While it's heating up chop a few of your high flavor veggies (jalapeño peppers, an onion, maybe a clove of garlic or a few slices of ginger) and toss into the water. (Really in a rush? OK, just a pinch of hot chili flakes and some onion and or garlic powder - but if you can swing it the veggies are really nicer!) They'll start to simmer in minutes.
Use this time to measure about 1/3 cup of quinoa and toss that in, and stir it into the water. Then add another 2/3 cup of water. (Proportion of liquid to quinoa is 2:1, but some of the water will steam away cooking the flavoring ingredients and the steaming that you are about to do)
(Hint: Want to save a little more time and fuss? Spend a few cents more and buy one of the brands of quinoa that is "pre-washed" so you don't have to rinse off the bitter coating first. If the directions don't tell you to wash it first, it is probably pre-washed.)
The quinoa will take about 12-15 minutes to cook. So chop up a few pieces of broccoli and/or cauliflower. Or maybe some nice asparagus! (Ah, lucky you, you remembered to buy some all ready cut up at the store and it's in the fridge, so just cut those larger pieces in half!) Set them in the steamer. You don't want these to steam for more than 4-5 minutes however so remove the steamer then. Or you can chop in a little kale or chard or collard or other greens and take them off as soon as they soften to your liking. Don't overcook!
Try a bit of the quinoa - is it ready yet? If not give it a few more minutes. Then pile it along with the peppers and onions into a bowl and mix in whatever you like -- a salad dressing, a little Sriracha, some low sodium Tamari, some shakes of a salt free seasoning mix, and stir in whatever you had in the steamer.
Take the rest out of the rice cooker. If it's too much for now you can heat it up in the rice cooker for breakfast tomorrow! Oh No! The bottom of the steel rice cooker pan is gummy! No problem! Just set it in the sink to soak while you are eating and give a wipe with your smiling Scrub Daddy to make it shine.! Smile back! You're done!
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