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Fast & Easy Dinner: Quinoa Salad With Scallops & Snow Peas
If you're looking for an innovative recipe to liven up your weeknight repertoire, consider this healthy salad. Don't be intimidated by the ingredients: quinoa is cooked by a technique that's similar to making rice, and the scallops are quick-seared on the stovetop. Asian condiments — soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice vinegar — provide depth of flavor, while snow peas and red peppers give the salad a snappy crunch.
Fast & Easy Dinner: Zucchini With Quinoa Stuffing
While I've stuffed a potato and bell pepper plenty of times, I've never had stuffed zucchini — until now! This recipe ingeniously fills the boat-like vegetable with a quinoa-white bean mixture. The technique is simple and can easily be adapted to suit your dietary needs.
Simple and Quick Meal: Mediterranean Chicken Quinoa
Like many of you, I find myself pressed for time, but still crave a somewhat sophisticated meal. This week I came up with a recipe for Mediterranean chicken that didn't cramp my schedule or my style. It's also wholesome, with the Peruvian grain quinoa, which has a high protein content.
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Five Dinners That Improve With Time
In theory, we can all sing the virtues of leftovers: By eating them, you're not only saving money, but also time, energy, resources, and possibly calories. But in reality, some of you just can't stomach the idea of eating yesterday's food. The solution?
Fast & Easy Dinner: Mediterranean Grain Salad
A great staple to incorporate into your weekly diet is the grain quinoa. Like couscous, quinoa takes on the flavors of its surrounding ingredients. In this recipe, the quinoa is tossed with crunchy peppers, cool cucumbers, and salty olives.
Monday's Leftovers: Quinoa Primavera With Chicken
I personally love leftover chicken drumsticks straight from the fridge. However, I understand that cold chicken on a bone isn't exactly the most appetizing meal to serve. Luckily the meat is still delicious when used in salads, sandwiches, or — in this case — with hearty quinoa.
Definition: Quinoa
Quinoa, pronounced keen-wah
A grain staple of the ancient Incas known today for its high protein content. Ivory in color and tiny and bead shaped, quinoa looks like rice. When cooked, it expands to four times its uncooked size.
Yummy Link: Chestnut and Quinoa Crepes
Sometimes you make the most amazing creations late at night. This time it's chestnut and quinoa crepes dolloped with red currants. - La Tartine Gourmande
Yummy Links: Orange Ginger Quinoa Salad
When it comes to quinoa, I tend to flip-flop on whether I like it or not. Something tells me if it always looked like this orange ginger salad, I'd probably stay on the flip side... or is that flop side?
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