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Your Recipes: Quinoa Link-Up {My Favorites}

Mar 10, 2013

How to: Freeze Quinoa {And Quinoa Recipe Link-Up} #quinoa #healthy

This was tough! At the beginning of the week, I posted How to: Freeze Quinoa and asked you to link up your favorite quinoa recipes. Then it was my job to pick my five favorite submissions. Did I think that was going to be easy? Ha! Every single one of the recipes you submitted made [...]

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How to: Freeze Quinoa {And Quinoa Recipe Link-Up}

Mar 4, 2013

Quinoa. It’s everywhere – in salads, in stews, even in meatballs. But did you know that you can freeze quinoa? The next time you whip up a pot of the healthy grain, go a little overboard and make a triple, or even a quadruple, batch. Defrost it in the microwave and use it however you [...]

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Baked Turkey, Quinoa & Zucchini Meatballs Recipe in Lettuce Wraps

Jan 30, 2013

Baked Turkey, Quinoa & Zucchini Meatballs in Lettuce Wraps by Cookin' Canuck

Baked Turkey, Quinoa & Zucchini Meatballs in Lettuce Wraps will please even the pickiest eater. It’s amazing what kids will eat when you pack it in a meatball. My 8-year old son, lover of all vegetables and fruits, will not be convinced that quinoa is something that should actually be consumed by humans. In fact, [...]

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Baked Latkes, Chipotle Quinoa Salad & Other Recipes

Dec 9, 2012

It’s been a busy cooking week here, and I wanted to round up all of the week’s recipes for you in one place. From Hannukah recipes (baked latkes, anyone?) to holiday treats for the the neighbors and easy weekday meals, there’s a little something for everyone. Most of the recipes are right here on Cookin’ [...]

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Roasted Sweet Potato Soup with Quinoa Recipe (No Cream)

Oct 3, 2012

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup with Quinoa Recipe (Dairy-Free) by Cookin

If you didn’t catch yesterday’s announcement, I am hosting this month’s Monthly Mingle and we’re celebrating SQUASHES. Show me what you’ve got! In keeping with the fall vegetable theme, I had to share this silky, creamy (but healthy) sweet potato and quinoa soup. And yes, it’s been a quinoa kind of week, kicking off with [...]

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Salad Cups with Quinoa, Shrimp, Avocado & Lemon Dressing Recipe

Mar 5, 2012

When most people think of diet food, the word “salad” tends to spring to mind. Then come the references to rabbit food, and thoughts of deprivation and large padlocks across the refrigerator lead most people to dive into the leftover helping of pepperoni pizza. Yeah, been there. But healthy eating doesn’t need to be boring. [...]

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Vegetarian Stew with Quinoa, Butternut Squash & Coconut Milk Recipe

Dec 7, 2011

Monday was time for a serious detox. I spent the weekend at the Joshua Creek Ranch for Georgia Pellegrini‘s Girl Hunter (more on that in a future post), and happily feasted on venison, smoked turkey, wild game gumbo and maybe a glass of wine or two (or three). Monday was a return to a Meatless [...]

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Hearty Chicken Stew with Butternut Squash & Quinoa Recipe

Nov 3, 2011

I was patting myself on the back for this tasty stew all day long. Tasty? Oh my, yes. Healthy? You better believe it. Aroma? I’d say it gets a “15″ on a scale of 1 to 10. This recipe formed in my head slowly, starting with some chicken thighs sitting in the fridge. Then I [...]

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Quinoa Salad with Chickpeas, Kalamata Olives & Mint Recipe

Jul 12, 2011

If you loaded the amount of quinoa our family eats in one year into a small boat, that vessel would sink to the bottom of the sea faster than you could say “healthy mini grain” five times fast. Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is actually healthy; I didn’t just make that up. It is a complete protein [...]

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