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SHAKENBAKE
Posts: 1,428 3/25/10 8:55 A
I just make it as per directions. We love to put it in our salads. There is several good recipes on Sparks. After the party I am having this weekend, I could get back to you. :) Love the one with feta/greek using the quinoa.
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LORENVER
Posts: 4,762 3/25/10 5:57 A
The barley does sound great!
How do you prepare your quinoa shakenbake?
Loren
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Ran my first Marathon, Indianapolis Indiana October 16th 2010.
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I miss you Dad (I know you'd be proud of me). ~Loren
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SHAKENBAKE
Posts: 1,428 3/24/10 11:01 P
PattK1220, the barley dish sounds GREAT!! Thanks for sharing.
What about roasted or grilled asparagus. drizzle olive oil and salt and pepper. I live on Quinoa. It's a grain. My other favorite is roasted yellow (golden) beats. I will roast several. They make a great salad with balsamic vinegar and goat cheese.
A healthy attitude of graditude and forgiveness.
Motto: It is not what was yesterday, it is now. What will be tomorrow.
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PATTK1220
SparkPoints: (52,801)
Fitness Minutes: (15,414) Posts: 6,616 3/24/10 10:06 P
One of my other favorie sides is pearl barley and mushrooms. Gently toast 1 cup of barley in a saucepan with a touch of butter. Add 1.5 cups of hot vegetable or chicken stock and 1.5 cups of boiling water. Bring to boil. Reduce to simmer and cover. Saute 1 small diced yellow onion in oil or butter. Add 8 oz sliced button mushrooms. Saute until tender. Add to barley mixture after it has been cooking about 15 minutes. Resume cooking until barley is cooked, about another 15 minutes.
Edited by: PATTK1220 at: 3/24/2010 (22:07)
Patt in Minneapolis Leader, Engine 2 Diet Leader, Forks Over Knives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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PATTK1220
SparkPoints: (52,801)
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I love kale. When I was at the grocery today, I bought some Lactinato kale for the first time. This recipe is almost the same as the one I use for traditional kale, so I'm anxious to try it. www.newrootsorganics.com/recipes/Lacinato. html I had Lactinato kale in a salad with black sesame seas and pea pods for lunch Tuesday. It was absolutely delicious! It's not the same flavor/taste as regular kale.
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The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison. ~Ann Wigmore
Knowledge is knowing that eggplant is a fruit; wisdom is not using it in fruit salad. ~Monica Bhide
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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CELEST
Posts: 5,897 3/24/10 1:59 P
Butternut squash cubes and placed in an ovenproof dish. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with PLENTY of cumin and bake till tender. Shred rocket (meaty tasting green leafy veg) and crushed pecan nuts and lastly feta cheese.
Use portions of each according to what you have allowed yourself. I make this as a meal but it can be made as a side also.
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NVR2HEALTHY
Posts: 4,247 3/24/10 12:21 P
Green Beans with Almond Slivers 1 cup thin green beans 3 shallots, thinly sliced 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp cider vinegar 1 tsp maple syrup 1/4 cup slivered almonds
Steam or blanch beans until tender but still firm. Saute shallots in olive oil, vinegar, & maple syrup until translucent. Add almonds & brown slighty; toss with beans.
Okay I am trying to figure up a meal plan for the next month and get things going on a better track. Going through what I'm fixing for dinner I am seriously in need of new vegetable sides! Especially, anything kid friendly that is not rice or pasta!
We regularly eat green beans, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, squash, so looking for something else...
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