Tuesday, April 10, 2012

More Food Discoveries?!

Could it be possible? MORE food discoveries?! YES! Another food discovery and one food rediscovery.

With all the new meal planning that Kevin and I have been doing in the last week we've been eating some really tasty meals and learning new things. Like.... I never knew what Arrowroot was before last week, where to find Lemongrass (duh!!!), and other random seasonings I never thought to add to my spice rack.

One major new thing we tried this week was Quinoa.I've been told about quinoa many many many times from many people and just never bit the bullet and bought it. We were both skeptical of it at first. I mean... after it's cooked it kinda looks like fish eggs. BUT we went through with it and mixed a little bit of the sauce we were having in with it and WOW oh WOW was it good. I mean it doesn't really have a flavor but at the same time it's great! What impressed me is I only made one cup of the dried quinoa and it cooked up to a lot of food. I just had some of it for lunch today. Quinoa and left over Asparagus from last night. Which brings me to another point in my post....

My rediscovery....Asparagus! It took me well into adulthood to try asparagus and actually like it. So when Asparagus popped up on the meal plan menu I got a little excited. I cooked them up last week with a little bit of olive oil, sea salt and pepper and.......... yummy yummy! There were no leftovers! And again... using a similar meal plan this week asparagus was on the menu again. This time we had leftovers and I mixed them in my lunch today with the quinoa as mentioned before.Add a sliced tomato with sea salt to the mix and YUMMY.

So now I'm out looking through Pinterest at all the pinteresting quinoa ideas. This could replace our boring brown rice!

8 comments:

  1. If I'm making a batch of quinoa to mix with things (like yogurt) for A, I cook it with water and it takes on the flavor of whatever it's mixed with. Otherwise I use chicken stock instead of water. Gives it a different taste. Which way did you make it?

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    1. This first round I just followed directions and cooked in water and then mixed a little of the sauce we were eating in with it. Now I'm seeing using chicken stock, adding cinnamon and all other sorts of awesome things!

      You gave me a little bit of quinoa a while back ago and I had Connor try it but I never tried it myself!

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  2. I keep hearing about quinoa too, maybe I will grab some this week if it's as divine as you say! :)
    I adore asparagus but hubby not so much so I try to sneak some in for me, tee hee!
    Glad I swung by from BloggyMoms!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! Do try it! It's really something that I'll be keeping in our meal plan.

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  3. I love quinoa! I make it like fried rice sometimes and I have even made it like a hot cereal! Anything that you can do with brown rice you can do with quinoa. It is also better for you. I did a post about it a little while ago.

    http://3dimensionalmama.blogspot.com/2012/03/featured-organics-what-are-grains.html

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    1. Thanks for the ideas. I'm collecting different ideas to work with it and implement it into the meal plans. The great thing is both me and my husband like it! BONUS! I'll have to check out your blog. Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. I love your blog and am following you. Kudos to you and your family for cooking healthy. I have delicious/healthy recipes on my blog if you're looking for more inspiration.
    Isabella
    http://sweetzenlife.blogspot.com/

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  5. Ah quinoa. I've tried to cook it once and I hated it but I think that's because I added Dill, and it turns out I HATE dill!

    So I have a pack of quinoa sitting in the cupboard just waiting for a good recipe. If you find a really good one let me know!

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