October 7th, 2009
Quinoa is an amazing grain-like protein source that we have been using in our cooking very regularly. The best part about quinoa is that it’s a complete protein, meaning that it has all the essential amino acids, or in layman’s terms it fills you up super nice. Since quinoa is such a good protein source and much lighter than soy products, we have been using it extensively to “beef up” our veggie dishes (forgive the pun…). So believe the hype: quinoa dishes are great for staying healthy and with all that protein quinoa helps reduce your portions, which is a problem all passionate foodies face…
A super awesome quinoa bowl (recipe)
Serves 4
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 large green pepper, chopped
- 1 small to medium red/yellow pepper, chopped (optional)
- Half a carton of cherry tomatoes, halved (about a cup)
- One medium sized sweet onion, diced (preferably Walla walla, yum 🙂 )
- 1 can of black beans,
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Tags: avocado, black beans, bowls, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, healthy, lime juice, protein, quinoa, sweet onions, vegan, vegetarian, yellow peppers
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September 13th, 2009
I found this recipe just over a week ago after getting an anaheim pepper and some tomatoes from a co-worker’s garden, and since then we have already made it three times. We’ve brought it to two potlucks and everyone agrees, it’s amazing.
I made a few changes to the original recipe I was working from—I prefer to skip the blender and chop everything to keep the salsa chunky (unless I’m in a rush) and I added some fresh yellow cherry tomatoes for color and extra flavor. I’ve also tried it with green pepper and sweet peppers, both of which worked well. Read more…
Tags: anaheim peppers, appetizers, avocado, cilantro, guacamole, jalapenos, lime juice, Mexican, pot luck, salsa, tomato
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