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Recipes with quinoa

Make This Now: Bacon Green Beans with Quinoa

August 17, 2010

Make This Now: Bacon Green Beans with Quinoa

This recipe was inspired by the lovely haricot verts, or French green beans, that showed up at the market a few weeks ago. Haricot verts are more tender than regular green beans and are perfectly suited for summer salads. I love the smokiness imparted by the Black Forest bacon, which also has less fat than regular bacon, and there’s just enough here to satisfy a craving for something a little sinful.

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Quick and Cheap Dinner: Sweet Potato, Kale and Quinoa

December 19, 2009

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Sweet Potato, Kale and Quinoa

I’m busy, I’m packing, blah, blah, blah. You get it by now. In spite of everything going on in my life, I must take time to feed myself nourishing meals. Maybe I’m high maintenance or a bit snobby. I’m OK with that, because I get to eat lovely dishes like this hearty concoction of winter veggies.

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Quinoa Qurispies: An Easy Way To Get More Iron

October 14, 2009

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.

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Quick and Cheap Dinner: Hippie Salad with Chicken

August 3, 2009

Quick and Cheap Dinner: Hippie Salad with Chicken

No, there aren’t two kinds of meat in this salad! Hippie meat tends to be a bit gamey for my taste, yuk yuk yuk. I call this Hippie Salad because it contains two grains that hippies love: bulgur and quinoa.

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