Vegan Quinoa Waffles
We enjoyed these for Sunday morning breakfast. They would be lovely for Mother’s Day. Ingredients: 4 cups cooked quinoa 1 & 1/2 cup AP flour 1/2 cup fine polenta or cornmeal 2 teaspoons baking powder pinch of salt 2 egg replacements 1 & 1/2 tablespoons sugar or sweetener of choice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 [...]
Quinoa Tabouli
This is one of our favorite salads. We have it quite often. Traditionally tabouli (tabbouleh) it is being made with bulgur, but as this is the International Year of Quinoa we decided to use white quinoa to make the salad. Serving Size: 6 Ingredients: 2-3 bunches parsley, washed and finely chopped 3-4 tomatoes, deseeded and [...]
Review: Quinoa and Kale Patties
The recipe for Quinoa and Kale Patties comes from Heidi Swanson’s cookbook Super Natural Every Day. The price of the book has recently been lowered to $13.00. Although not vegan, Heidi does cook very healthy recipes with natural ingredients. This recipe was very tasty and simple to make it vegan by substituting the eggs, and using [...]
Quinoa Salad with Spring Fruits
We always enjoy quinoa salads. Quinoa adapts so well to either fruit or vegetables. This time we used spring fruits with a light cinnamon, balsamic dressing. Serving Size: 6 Ingredients: for the salad: 3 cups quinoa, cooked 1 can (8 3/4 oz ) apricot halves, drained and sliced 2 oranges, peeled and sectioned 1 cup [...]
Walnut, Pea and Rosemary Quinoa Salad
This refreshing salad is protein packed and tastes really great. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa 2 tablespoons sesame oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 small red or orange bell pepper, seeded and chopped 1 teaspoon tamari or soy sauce 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary leaves, chopped 1 cup fresh or frozen peas 3 cups [...]
Review: Warm Quinoa Salad
We came across this delicious salad recipe posted in the LA Times. It’s a recipe from the Fig Restaurant in Santa Monica, and we found it to be really delicious. We only changed a couple of things. We used agave instead of honey, and as we did not have Swiss chard, we used kale instead. [...]
Review: Broad Beans and Quinoa
We enjoyed this lovely recipe today as a warm salad. It would also be good as a side dish, or even as a filling for tortilla wraps. It was quick and easy to make and very satisfying. The flavors were lovely. We did not have the pickled lemon, just used fresh. We’re looking forward to [...]
Review: Fruited Quinoa Salad
We found this tasty salad recipe at 123EasyAsPie. There are many variations of quiona with fruit, we particularly enjoyed this one in the summer. We added pecans and used fresh mint instead of the parsley. We hope you give it a try and enjoy it as much as we did.
Review: Mexican Sweet Potato Quinoa Salad
Allison Ruth of Some the Wiser came up with a great recipe for the goodLife {eats} blog. This Mexican Quinoa Salad was just delicious! It made a lot, so we are looking forward to left overs for lunch tomorrow. It is easy to make, and the instructions are easy to follow. I hope you give [...]
Review: Orange-Quinoa with Sweet Potato Salad
We really enjoyed this tasty salad. It has a lovely orange citrusy flavor. I found the recipe for the Orange-Quinoa with Sweet Potato salad at the Rouxbe Cooking School. They give very detailed information on how to prepare each step of the salad all the way to the final finishing details for serving. The recipe [...]
Quinoa Beet Salad
This beautiful salad is packed with flavor, and even better on the second day. The mint really adds a lot. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: for the salad: 4 beets 1 cup quinoa 1 vegetable bouillon cube 2 cups water 2 red onions olive oil handful fresh mint leaves for the dressing: 1/4 cup miso 2 [...]
Beetloaf
Yum, this is really tasty, and not difficult to make either. It has a great color as well as its flavor. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked quinoa 1 vegetable bouillon cube 1/2 cup bread crumbs 2 beets raw peeled and grated 1 onion, minced 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, [...]
Review: Quinoa with Broccoli & Cashews
Well, we can really highly recommend this tasty one pot meal from the Whole foods market. It is all you’d want in a meal, tasty, quick and easy, healthy, and attractive to look at. The directions are easy to follow, we really recommend you take a look at this tasty recipe. http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/vegetarian/zestyquinoa.html
Warm Quinoa Lentil Salad
Quick and delicious! Ingredients: 0,5 cup brown lentils 0,5 cup quinoa 1 small red onion, finely chopped 3 tomatoes, chopped and seeds removed A handful of fresh lemon balm Dressing: 0,25 cup canola oil 1 tblsp lemon juice 1,5 tsp curry powder 1 tsp lime pepper 0,5 tsp black pepper 1 tsp fresh, grated ginger [...]
Review: Saffron Quinoa and Roasted Beet Salad
Wow, what a tasty salad this was, and a great way to use some of my nice beets from the garden. The instructions are very detailed. How to roast the beets. It has a very tasty marinade and the saffron quinoa really looked so lovely and tastes super. Do check this recipe out. It is [...]
Quinoa salad with smoked tofu, grapes and almonds
What a lovely and healthy salad this is, especially on a warm summer day. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups quinoa 1 cube vegetable bullion 1/2 cup sliced almonds 2 tbs. rice vinegar 1 pkg. Italian salad dressing herbs 2 tbs. olive oil 2 cups spicy tofu, cut in small pieces 1 1/2 cups [...]
Review: bi-quinoaed dish (salad version)
A couple of days ago we saw the photo of a great looking colorful bi-quinoaed dish by blushinmuffin on Flickr and today we prepared the recipe as it was a good day for salads. It doesn’t only look stunning and refreshing, it also tastes like it. A great salad which we will definitely make more [...]
Tomatoish quinoa spaghetti
When we were in France, we saw this lovely tomato quinoa spaghetti in a bright orange color. Organic and vegan – so of course we were interested in buying and trying it. We found it very tasty and want to try to make it ourselves soon. Serving Size: 2 Ingredients: 250 – 300 grams quinoa [...]
Sunshine quinoa salad
Classified by the United Nations as a supercrop, quinoa can play an important role in our vegan diet. Quinoa contains a balanced set of essential amino acids, is a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron. This salad is an adaptation of a recipe that was on fatfree.com. [...]
