One good thing about rainy afternoons in Florida is that they often mean slightly cooler evenings.
Perfect for pre-dinner walks with Sadie!
Our little stick-lover found a great one about 10 minutes into our walk and had a field day.
Check out that waggin’ tail!
Dinner
I am on a bit of a quinoa kick.
It’s nutritious, tasty and incredibly easy to prepare.
On Sunday evening the past two weeks, I cooked up a big batch of quinoa to have on hand throughout the week and find that it makes dinner prep super easy! (Quinoa, berries and peanut butter is also one of my favorite healthy snacks these days. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it!)
For lunch today, I prepared a big batch of cheesy quinoa chicken that Ryan and I ate again for dinner. I took all the meat off of a rotisserie chicken that I bought on sale at the grocery sore yesterday and stirred it into a large, reheated bowl of quinoa, adding roasted green beans, sautéed Portobello mushrooms and shredded mozzarella cheese.
It came together in a flash and was an incredibly satisfying and savory dish.
Next up in my quinoa adventures is making this peanut butter quinoa granola. It must be done!
Any other quinoa recipes out there I need to try? I’d like to keep my quinoa kick kickin’! 
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Thats funny that you mention a quinoa kick! The last few weeks I have been on such a quinoa kick as well. I also have been cooking up big batches and re-heating for breakfast/snacks with my favorite being topped with nut butter/fruit. Recently I topped it with some nutritional yeast and it was really tasty :).
I LOVE stuffing peppers with Quinoa like I did here:
http://www.thevegetablelife.com/2011/01/hearty-quinoa-stuffed-peppers.html
Julie, have you tried Quinoa flakes? They are comparable to oats. I just had them this morning, and they are delicious. I prepare them with almond milk, and add peanut butter and banana. I also just tried a recipe from Jessica at How Sweet Eats, with quinoa, watermelon, feta, basil, and lime. OMG its unreal!
This is my favorite summer quinoa dish. It’s from Iowa Girl Eats and my husband and I are obsessed: http://iowagirleats.com/recipes/superfood-salad-with-lemon-vinaigrette/
I love quinoa!
I just made this coconut jalapeno quinoa with shrimp last night and it’s pretty tasty! : http://lifesprinkles.com/spicy-coconut-quinoa-with-shrimp/
I also love making a quinoa breakfast cereal and topping it with fruit and this cashew cream from green lemonade: http://www.greenlemonade.com/recipes-juices/3-ingredient-cashew-cream/
Quinoa is awesome and I love teaching people how to say it.
Quinoa tabbouleh is always a summer salad standby. Also, I use quinoa for breakfast by cooking it in almond milk and adding sliced banana and walnuts. So good when I need a change from oatmeal.
There’s an amazing place in Chicago called Protein Bar that uses quinoa as the base for almost all their items. Their website is a great place to pull recipe ideas to recreate at home…proteinbarchicago.com.
I have made Quinoa and tukey meat stuffed peppers – it was AMAZING google it im sure you can find a receipe. I put tomatoes and red pepper in ti too
I love Sadie’s stick straight tail waggin! So cute. Our little Muffin doggy wags her tail in circles when she gets excited – literally spins her tail off. It never gets old
I’ve been wanting to make big batches of quinoa on Sundays to have for lunch/dinner throughout the week, but I was never sure of how to store it! Do you just cook it all up and then refrigerate it and then heat up portions as you want them?
PS. What is your berry recipe with it – I was scouring the snack page but may have missed it. Thanks!
Good for you for finding positive in the rain…we are just drenched out here and I have been crabby about it. 🙂
I love quinoa. My favorite way to fix it is a Waldorf Salad quinoa with a cinnamon yogurt sauce. Outstanding! I’d be willing to share the recipe if you’d like to try it.
johannab1950 at gmail dot com
You should try quinoa mixed with spinach and then a dippy egg on top. It is so delicious!
I started fixing my quinoa with vegetable broth instead of water. makes a huge and better difference!
Hi Julie! I’m a huge fan of your blog. Found you today via Shape magazine and tweeted your delicious protein smoothies/shakes.
Anyway I’m obsessed with quinoa too; I actually made whole wheat banana quinoa pancakes with it. They are super good topped with peanut butter. I thought I would share. 🙂
that sounds fantastic! and i’m so glad you found me, monique! thanks for commenting!
I’m a little quinoa obsessed myself these days! These quinoa rasberry cream cheese muffins were great!! My two year old loved them too which I love cause she has no idea that they’re good for you!http://callascookbook.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/raspberry-cream-cheese-muffins-with-quinoa/
And if you haven’t tried this already you must!!!Quinoa mac and cheese! http://monicanelsonfitness.com/blog/meals/quinoa-mac-n-cheese/
Another favorite is this honey lemon quinoa with sweet corn. Sweet and tastey! http://iowagirleats.com/2012/04/25/sweet-corn-quinoa-with-honey-lemon-vinaigrette/
I hope you get to try at least one of these! Let me know how you like them! Enjoy!
As a vegetarian, quinoa is a staple in my diet- I eat it almost every day. A few recipes I’ve really enjoyed are:
Whole Foods’ Quinoa Tabbuleh (using quinoa instead of bulgar wheat)
Epicurious’ Almond cranberry quinoa cookies
and Quinoa mac and cheese! For a fun variety, I add some truffled cheese from Trader Joe’s!
Hi there!
I just found your blog today (through pinterest) and I am loving it so far! Looking forward to following it often. Then I saw you had a vizsla and just had to comment… we have one too!! Love them:) Thanks for the inspiration as I am trying to get in shape for my wedding!
cheers
-Kelly
holy mackeral I need to try this recipe, it looks and sounds so good! Usually not a big quinoa fan but this one could transform me. Also, I’m embarrassed to admit that I’m on my last month of your posts before I’ve completely stalked your entire blog. I’m easily going to mourn the day when I have to solely rely on your daily updates.