Tagged: quinoa

Prep Time: 25 minutes Cooking time: 55 minutes Serves: 8 Ingredients • 4 small squash (acorn, butternut, carnival, dumpling or delicata) • 2 cups of quinoa prepared according to directions • 1 medium, peeled, cored, and chopped granny smith apple • ½ of green or red pepper, chopped • 1 stalk celery, chopped • ¼ […]

We love food at the Lui’s household that has the taste of South of Border. In this recipe instead of the rice, we substituted it with quinoa. Prep Time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 4 Recipe can be doubled or tripled

Since diabetes runs in my family I decided to start a diet geared towards preventing diabetes after my last visit to the doctor who said that my blood sugar numbers were high. (Oh crap!) After our appointment, he instructed me to make an appointment with a dietitian to help me with my food plan (not […]

If you like the combination of fruits, yogurt or cream and some crunchy granola then you will definitely like this Vegan parfait that is yogurt free. Usually parfaits are preferred for breakfast but I wanted to make dessert out of these along with some healthy food swaps. Serve chilled and enjoy! Don’t get fooled by […]

A vegetarian tabbouleh (also spelled tabouleh or tabouli) salad, made with healthy, whole grain and high-protein quinoa. It’s really a two-in-one: you get a quinoa salad as well as a traditional Middle Eastern tabbouleh, and it’s vegetarian and vegan as well as gluten-free. Like cooking with quinoa? I know I do! Try out some other […]