InFluential_Magazine_March_April_2017

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HEALTH & WELLNESS
• Vegetable Quinoa
Bowl: stir fry your selection
of vegetables (try squash, bell
peppers, onions, carrots, etc.) and
stir it into a bowl of quinoa. Enjoy
this hot, or stick it in the fridge for
a refreshing meal for later. This is
a nice substitution for fried rice.
• Salad Mix: sprinkle a fair
share of quinoa over spinach
leaves. Toss in olives, tomatoes,
dried cranberries, nuts - anything
you like to put in salads.
Then douse it with your
favorite dressing.
• Quinoa Sushi: mix sushi
vinegar into room-temperature
quinoa and rice. Place a sheet of
nori seaweed on a bamboo sushi
roller mat. Spread a thin layer
of the quinoa and rice mix across
the entire seaweed sheet. Then,
in the middle (going with in the
direction of the bamboo) place
the inside ingredients of your sushi.
This can be whatever you want -
cucumber, carrots, tuna, avocado,
etc. Then carefully roll it up. If you
have not done this before, it might
be helpful to watch videos online
before you try your hand at it.
Don’t fret, it’s easier than it looks,
and when you’re done,
you’ll have a tasty snack.
Now you know just about
everything you need to know to
hop on the quinoa train. Now jump
into the kitchen and try out variations
on this versatile superfood. l
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