Hi all,
Happy winter months. It’s the ideal time for all things 1. easy to whip up and 2. cozy and delicious. This quinoa bowl will do just the trick. It can be made in less than a half an hour, it tastes awesome, it’s grain-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free, with a small amount of dairy in the pesto (assuming you use regular pesto, which has cheese in it).
Make extra so you have a totally tasty lunch for work tomorrow too!
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This dinner entrée is super delish, loaded with great-for-your-body ingredients, easy to make, and pretty to boot. Will you look at those vibrant jewel tones? Love it.
So, what makes this dish so dang good for you?
Its loaded with the following items…
Kale– one of THE best vegetables for your body, period.
Onions– Another top contender for mucho health benefits offered whenever eating this pungent vegetable. Anti-inflammatory, anti-cancerous, helping to combat and lessen incidence of all manner of diseases.
Scallions-With many of the same benefits of onions.
Cranberries– loaded with antioxidants, helps lower risk of urinary tract infections, also anti-cancerous, they improve immune functioning, and decrease blood pressure. (Side note: be careful though when choosing dried cranberries. Often, these are LOADED with added sugar. Best to try and get some with little to no added sugar).
Quinoa-gluten free, its not a grain but a seed. Eaten for thousands of years in South America, only now is it garnering loads of hype here in the US. Its loaded with 11 essential nutrients, is high in fiber, has a low glycemic index which is great for blood sugar control, and high in antioxidants. You can read more about Quinoa here.
Pesto– it just tastes awesome 😀
Optional though surely delicious additional add-ons to this Quinoa bowl: baked salmon or chicken, shrimp, avocado, sliced bell pepper, broccoli, potentially black beans or kidney beans.
With all of that said, here is how to make this ultra healthy, super tasty entrée:
Ready for a super easy, light, ultra healthy entrée recipe? And one that tastes awesome to boot? 😉 This one is grain/gluten free, dairy free and sugar free. Its filling and loaded with flavor. I have discovered Quinoa to be the perfect base for a plethora of fun, healthy dishes. So, without further ado, here is another one for ya 😉
Recipe #47 is a pretty free-form one that can be easily thrown together. Its SUPER healthy for you, low in calories and fat, bursting with good-for-your-body ingredients, and it tastes AWESOME. This is one of my go-to dishes when trying to eat light and healthy. I recommend when making the quinoa, cook 2x what you need. You can store the extra in a container in the fridge and throw together one of these bowls way quicker within the next few days, whenever you wish. This dish is gluten-free, lactose-free and sugar-free. And its pretty dang close to being raw as well, aside from the cooking of the quinoa. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by how tasty it is. Dont say I didn’t want you. It sounds simple but man oh man. I make this a few times a week and am always thrilled when I sit down to eat it.
Happy New Years Eve, all! Edible item #34 is another “beauty bowl” of sorts. I decided to stick with the both “easy” and “healthy” trend for the moment. This one is so simple to assemble that actually, its slightly embarrassing. The taste payoff is a big one, just so yummy when compared with how quick it is to make and then be digging in mere minutes later.
The coconut curry sauce goes AWESOME smothered atop the shrimp, mixed with the subtly nutty taste of the quinoa, the crunch of the bell peppers and onions adding a great texture variety, the mango lending a surprisingly light sweetness, brightening the entire dish. All of the flavors and textures come together really nicely, balancing one another out and playing well with each other.
Sugar-free, raw, gluten-free or lactose-free recipes. 