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Meal Planning: Quinoa Breakfast for the Week

I see from facebook, analytics, and pinterest that many of you enjoyed last week’s meal planning tip for using oatmeal. Yay! I return this Sunday with my previous week of breakfasts. This last week has been all about QUINOA! Last Sunday I made a big batch of quinoa on the stove, stored it in an …

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Go Make This: One Ingredient Chef’s Quinoa Snickerdoodle Cookies

I finally made one of my most popular pinned items from Pinterest, quinoa snickerdoodle cookies! It has been repinned 174 times with 17 likes. I found out about these cookies from Cooking Quinoa’s facebook page and knew I had to try them one day—snickerdoodles are my favorite cookie. I’m sad to say I haven’t tasted them …

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Oatmeal Quinoa Porridge and 10 Things

My typical breakfast rotation includes stove-cooked or baked oatmeal and magnificent green smoothies. Either of these options help satiate me until lunchtime and they both provide beneficial nutrients, fiber and protein. The other day I mixed things up when I made this oatmeal quinoa porridge, by using 1/2 oatmeal and 1/2 quinoa. What transpired was …

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Super Quinoa Burrito Bowl

Move over Chipotle, I’ve got a fiber and protein packed quinoa burrito bowl to serve. Just looking at this I can taste all that taco-y goodness! Can you? This vibrant meal comes together using just a few staple pantry items, favorite spices, and fresh vegetables. Completely full of flavor and guilt free! The kind of dish …

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Quinoa and Cheese

Can you hear my heart beating? Do you understand? While I might have only been 6 when Eternal Flame by The Bangles came out I’m pretty sure I was already a fan of Kraft’s macaroni and cheese. Today I want to share a healthier ‘junk’ food substitute for our favorite mac & cheese. I call …

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Avocado Nori Quinoa

This was incredibly foodgasmic much like my first experience with sushi. So much so that Jeremy wanted me to title the recipe ‘F*ing Good!’ The flavors are completely familiar in one sense especially if you like love sushi but we’re totally mixing it up by bringing those delicious elements to a quinoa dish. Mmm mmm …

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Peanut Coconut Cream Quinoa Casserole

Can you lean in just a little so I can hand you a bite? I so wish I could. This is to live for. As some epic things start out in our kitchen they are born from lack of fridge ingredients causing creativity to spin out of control. When they turn out good which is …

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Almond Berry Hemp Heart Quinoa

It was a breakfast for dinner kind of a night and also a what the hell can we make out of the pantry and freezer with so little left in our fridge kind of night. I had no faith (I’m sure Jeremy rolls his eyes, so you can too) that I would come up with …

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Mixed Vegetable Quinoa Plate with Tamari

There’s really not much to explain here except that I made a double batch of Bob’s Red Mill Organic quinoa with goals to use some in a veggie soup later and have some to last through out the week and use in salads etc. I followed the package instructions and then added 2 tablespoons of …

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Curried Sweet Potato Quinoa

Print Curried Sweet Potato Quinoa Yield: About 4 servingsServing Size: approximately 1 cupIngredients

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