Hearty Chicken stew with quinoa by Pamela Gordon

Ingredients
6 Chicken thighs (or drumsticks)
1 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper
4 Onions finely chopped
1tbsp tomato paste
400 ml Chicken stock
1 tbsp light soya sauce
2 Bay leaves
2 carrots
3 potatoes
1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs
Mushrooms
1/2 cup quinoa (can add more if you want it to be a full meal)

Method
1. Wash Chicken and pat dry. Rub with salt and pepper.
2. Heat oil in pan and brown Chicken. Once browned, remove and put into slow cooker.
3. In the same pan, add oil again. Sauté onions. Add carrots, potatoes and mushrooms. Stir fry for a few minutes. Add tomato paste, light soya sauce and mixed herbs. Add stock and let it boil.
4. Turn off fire and pour everything into slow cooker.
5. Add in quinoa. Turn on slow cooker and cook for 4 to 6 hours.