Remaking Fried Rice - Matt's Birthday Revenge

We celebrated the birthday of my PIAT, Matt, on August 1st of this year. August 2nd we learned, apparently a 31 year old cannot consume the same amount of buffalo wings a 30 year old can - not without consequences.
 "But it tastes so good while I'm eating it," he moaned, finally dropping of to sleep. And these words reverberate around my brain. That is my mantra when I cook. It has to taste so good, you feel guilty. Since I knew a reinvention of wings was going to have to remain on the backburner (here it is more than a month later and we still aren't speaking of your-age-in-free-wings-on-your-birthday night), I would have to find another family favorite to fix. So I took fried rice, something everyone (but me, actually) in this house loves. LOVES. I took it and reworked it into something that would clean up all the internal damage and taste great too.
1 cup quinoa
2 cups chicken stock
1 small onion diced
2 bell peppers diced
1 zucchini diced
1 tbs olive oil
season pepper to taste
pinch (I SAID PINCH) of salt
First you need to soak the crap out of the quinoa. If time is of the essence, you can soak it for 10 minutes, rinse it, soak for another 10, rinse it, soak for 10, and drain. But if you work or, you know have a life, just leave the quinoa covered with water and go about your day, nothing bad will happen.
Chop up all your veggies. Feel free to add whatever is fresh and local.
Add the quinoa and chicken stock to a pot and boil. Once it boils, shut it down, and let it cool and absorb. After 10 minutes, drain it.

I keep the quinoa and the veg separate until it's time to get cooking

Get the pan nice and hot with a coating of oil. Once it is really sizzling throw in the raw veggies. Move them around in the pan, letting them sweat. After a couple of minutes, when they are fragrant, add a drop more oil and throw in the drained quinoa. That should sizzle too. Keep mixing and let it all blend together. Add a pinch of salt and a healthy shack of season pepper, and serve - perfection! Remember, quinoa is gluten free, AND vegan friendly.
** as an alternative toss the mixture with a raw egg until it cooks and replace the salt with low sodium soy sauce for authentic fried rice flavor.

this eased both Matt's stomach and his conscience