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Recipe: Quinoa Asian Salad
This salad packs some heat and is delicious – especially around lunch time when you’re at work. So good. Try this quinoa asian salad – and cook your quinoa in a rice cooker – it’s super easy. Make sure you have all of the ingredients on hand, or pick them up next time you head to the grocery store, that way you can make this salad any time you please! It’s also a great addition to any back yard BBQ or summer potluck party. Eat…
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Recipe: Quinoa Salad with Lemon Basil Dressing
Summer salads are here! This one packs a protein punch, too. Quinoa is delicious and fun to eat – I love the texture. Moreover, I cooked it super easily in my rice cooker! Total bonus. Okay, let’s get cooking this quinoa salad with lemon basil dressing. This salad keeps for about 5 days in the fridge, so make a lot and eat up. This recipe will give you about 12 servings – so half it if you like. Ingredients 2 cups of uncooked quinoa a…
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Recipe: Apple and Carrot Salad
When I was at the grocery store last week we picked up about 5 gala apples and a 2 pound bag of carrots – the intent was to use them in juices. That didn’t happen. Instead of letting them go bad, I checked out the pantry and found cranberries and pecans – perfect. Apple and carrot salad it is! Ingredients 4 gala apples about 1.5 pounds of carrots 1 1/2 cups of dried cranberries 1 cup of chopped pecans Dressing 1 cup of mayo 1/4…
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Recipe: Beet Stacks
Beet Stacks – just in time for your Sunday night dinner tomorrow…pair with mashed cauliflower and lamb leg steak and you’ll be all set! Not only are they beautiful to look at, they taste fabulous! Ingredients 3 beets 1/2 cup of goat feta cheese 6 sprigs of thyme 3 tablespoons of omega oil 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts (optional) First – you’ll want to buy the beets with leaves…for some reason they sit up better – plus, they have that…
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Recipe: Salad Rolls
I love salad rolls – yet paying 8.99$ each time at the store for them seems a bit ridiculous when they’re easy to make. Great for lunches, too! For these salad rolls, I used 22cm rice papers, they do make them bigger, but I find it difficult to make them tight when they’re too big. Your choice! Ingredients 7-9 rice wraps 4-6 leaf lettuce leaves a cucumber 2 carrots 1 avocado Dipping Sauce Ingredients 2 1/2 tablespoons of rice vinegar 1 1/2 tablespoons of fish…
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Super Bowl Eats
Super Bowl Eats This Sunday the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks in New Jersey. Kick off is at 6:30pm Eastern time. Are you ready? Are you ready for some football!!!? Who doesn’t love the super bowl – genius-ly created commercials, amazing snack food, and yes, the great sport of football. This year, snack up and make some of these good eats. First – we have stuffed jalapeños. They are easy to make and disappear quite quickly. Next – want a bit more substance?…
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Recipe: Asian Slaw with Vinaigrette
This slaw is so tasty – it packs some flavour in a small bite. Plus, it’s has great texture and works well in your lunch the next day – Bonus!! Ingredients about 2 cups cabbage – shredded 2 broccoli stems – shredded a couple of carrots – shredded OR broccoli slaw bag cabbage slaw bag 2 carrots – shredded Vinaigrette 2 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar 1 teaspoons of soy sauce 1/2 – 1 tablespoon of sriracha clove of garlic, minced 1 teaspoon of sesame…
