Quinoa

Quinoa Beet Salad

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 tablespoons mirin (or other sweetener)
1/8 cup water
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon tamari (Japanese [...]


Beetloaf

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, minced
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon [...]


Review: Quinoa with Broccoli & Cashews

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

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

Directions:

Cook the lentils and quinoa (if you like, cook them in vegetable bouillon to [...]


Review: Saffron Quinoa and Roasted Beet Salad

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 [...]


Quinoa salad with smoked tofu, grapes and almonds

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 green [...]


Review: bi-quinoaed dish (salad version)

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 often.
Go [...]


Tomatoish quinoa spaghetti

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 spaghetti [...]


Sunshine quinoa salad

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. Submitted [...]