Friday, October 17, 2014

Healthy Food Can Be Delicious

I really try hard to eat healthy. Sometimes it's not easy. When I go out to dinner and there's a kale salad and spaghetti and meatballs on the menu, it's hard to make the healthier choice. I've been playing around with a recipe that I think is actually really tasty and extremely good for you. Check it out and if you give it a try, let me know what you think:

-Quinoa (as much or as little as you'd like)
-Some sort of vegetable- I usually use brussel sprouts, but this week there weren't any organic ones so I used kale. Spinach or asparagus would be great too. Again, as much or as little as you'd like.
-Handful of walnuts, roasted (almonds would also work great)
-Handful of goji berries (you could use raisins or golden berries or any dried fruit really)
-Turmeric
-Salt
-Pepper
-1 lemon
Make the quinoa as directed on the package and do a rough chop on the nuts and pop them in the oven til you can smell them. If you are using brussel sprouts or asparagus, chop them up and pop em in the oven with the nuts and a bit of olive oil and salt and pepper.  With the kale, I just chopped it up and added it to the warm quinoa to wilt. After the quinoa is done, mix in the roasted nuts and vegetables and add the goji berries, salt, pepper and turmeric to taste (you can add whatever spices you'd like).  Then squeeze the juice of one lemon in that bad boy and voila! You have a healthy dish.


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