The other day, I was at Trader Joe’s to pick up some staple foods. These include things like tofu, three grain tempeh and basic veggies and dried goods. While I was there, something caught my eye. It’s a Trader Joe’s product called Harvest Grains Blend. It consists of Israeli style couscous, orzo, baby garbanzo beans [...]
Posts Tagged ‘quinoa’
A New Favorite
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged healthy cooking, quinoa, recipes, vegetarianism, weight loss on November 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Let It Snow
Posted in Family, Meditation, Mindfulness, tagged creativity, family, meditation, mindfulness, quinoa on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As you may have heard, we got a bit of snow here in the U.S. recently. It was only a foot or so here in Maine and it fit rather nicely on top of the foot we already had on the ground. Needless to say, today was spent securely indoors and out of the cold. It was [...]
Cajun Quinoa
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged healthy cooking, quinoa, recipes, weight loss on December 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As I mentioned before, I had a brief moment of falling off the wagon over the past few weeks but I’m not letting that stop me. With that in mind, I’ve been trying to find some new things to keep me moving forward. One thing I decided to do was find some new things to [...]
The Power of Bread
Posted in Family, Weight Loss, tagged Baking, Bread, happiness, health, healthy cooking, quinoa, vegetarianism, weight loss on December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The other day, we had a friend over for dinner. This is someone who shares my (new) taste in food and I love it when she comes over for dinner since it means I get eat the food I’ve made with someone else. My wife can’t usually eat what I do for a number of [...]
Spicy Quinoa and Cranberry Salad
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged healthy cooking, quinoa, recipes, weight loss on October 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight for dinner, I decided to try a new salad. I looked around in the fridge to see what I had and I noticed I had a lot of spinach and shredded carrots. Then, I went to the pantry and I saw my unopened bag of dried cranberries. I have recently discovered that I really [...]
Lentil Quinoa “Falafel”
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged healthy cooking, lentils, quinoa, recipes, vegetarianism, weight loss on October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As is obvious from many of the recipes that I’ve posted here, I really like Quinoa and Lentils. I just saw this “related story” link on the recipe I posted yesterday about the quinoa and lentil stuffed peppers. I checked it out and can’t believe how good this looks. I’m definately going to be making [...]
Curried Quinoa and Green Lentil Stuffed Peppers
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged diet, dinner, healthy cooking, lentils, quinoa, recipes, vegetarianism, weight loss on October 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I spent some time in the kitchen tonight having fun trying to come up with a new recipe. This is what I came up with. I took some red and white quinoa and cooked them risotto style along with some French green lentils. I then stuffed them inside some peppers and baked them at 415 for about [...]
The Joy of New Recipes
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged creativity, healthy cooking, quinoa, recipes, tofu, vegetarianism, weight loss on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I went to the store and picked up a bunch of stuff that I’m going to use to work on creating a few new recipes. Once I have a recipe or two, I’ll post them here along with pictures of what I have come up with. For now, a sneak preview. French Green Lentils [...]
Facing a Challenge
Posted in Buddhism, Weight Loss, tagged Buddhism, habit energy, quinoa, sangha, vegetarianism, weight loss on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is our annual Sangha Family Day picnic. I’m about to head out to spend time with my fellow practitioners and their families. Because it’s a Buddhist event, there will be lots of vegetarian options but my concern is that I’ll allow my habit energy to get the best of me and I’ll just keep eating as [...]
More Fun With Quinoa
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged healthy cooking, quinoa, recipes, vegetarianism on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I continued my quinoa cooking exploration and made another traditional rice dish except this time I used Quinoa. As is all too typical of me, I read about an ingredient, look at a couple of recipes, follow a recipe the first time and then I just start to make crap up on my own. [...]
