Dr. Miggy's Healthy Blog for Busy Folks on Tight Budgets » agave nectar http://www.drmiggy.com Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:32:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Quinoa Qurispies: An Easy Way To Get More Iron http://www.drmiggy.com/2009/10/14/quinoa-qurispies-an-easy-way-to-get-more-iron/ http://www.drmiggy.com/2009/10/14/quinoa-qurispies-an-easy-way-to-get-more-iron/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:24:40 +0000 drmiggy http://www.drmiggy.com/?p=933 In my quest for nutritional balance there is one nutrient that eludes me almost daily: Iron. Good Gods, no matter how I try it’s always a struggle to get my RDA, and I’m taking a supplement that provides 50%! But I’m not giving up. My list of iron-rich foods is growing daily, as is my roster of simple recipes. Which leads me to Quinoa Quripsies. BTW, Do you like what I did with “Qu” there? I thought I was being cute, but maybe it’s a little forced :-) Quinoa is not only a complete protein, meaning it contains all the essential amino acids, but it has MAD IRON. It’s like meat for vegetarians, minus the cholesterol, fat and the vitamin B12. And with that statement, I am now officially a nutrition nerd.

This recipe really couldn’t be easier. I even hesitate to call it a recipe.

Quinoa Qurispies

Adapted (barely) from this recipe
Makes 4 servings
Cost: pennies per serving
Total time: 10 minutes tops

1 cup uncooked quinoa (find it in the bulk bins at Whole Foods or boxed in the health food or pasta aisle)
1 Tablespoon agave nectar, syrup or honey
1 Tablespoon canola or vegetable oil

  1. Heat the oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and spread the mixture on a cookie sheet. Bake for 5 minutes, or until the quinoa starts to turn golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Store in an airtight container.
  3. Add the qurispies to your morning cereal or yogurt. I especially love the extra crunch and sweetness they give to yogurt.

I may experiment with the sweetener and use molasses for an even bigger dose of iron. I told y’all, I’m not messin’ around.

Photo Credit SweetBeetAndGreenBean

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