If you're not already using this wonderfully versatile grain: start!! It's a perfect vegetable protein and slow-release energy food, providing a spectrum of B-vitamins for health and vitality.
A complete protein, Quinoa helps tissue to grow and also repairs it. Quinoa contains several B-vitamins, including B5 which is essential for a healthy response to stress. Full of iron it is a high energy grain, thus preventing fatigue, as well as hair loss and anemia. It also supplies the body with magnesium, which is well known for preventing high blood pressure, and vitamin B2, which controls cholesterol build up by destroying harmful free radicals. Quinoa also contains vitamin E, which is good for the skin.
Quinoa Tabbouleh
1 cup Quinoa| 2 cups | Organic, low sodium vegetable broth |
| 2 tblsp | Pine nuts roasted |
| 8-10 | Cherry tomatoes finely chopped |
| 2 small | Onions finely chopped |
| 1 tblsp | Parsley, mint & coriander finely chopped |
| 4 tblsp | Lemon juice |
| 2 tbslp | Extra virgin oil |
Rinse and drain the Quinoa, then put in a saucepan and toast for 3 minutes.
Add the broth and bring to boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 12 minutes.
Drain and put in a bowl, add the pine nuts, tomatoes, onion and herbs.
In a dish combine the lemon juice and olive oil, pour over the salad, season to your taste, mix well and serve it on a bed of green leave salad.
Add the broth and bring to boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 12 minutes.
Drain and put in a bowl, add the pine nuts, tomatoes, onion and herbs.
In a dish combine the lemon juice and olive oil, pour over the salad, season to your taste, mix well and serve it on a bed of green leave salad.
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