Recipe: Sausage, Quinoa, & Vegetable Soup
I decided that it is officially Fall because of three things: it’s 50 degrees out, we bought pumpkins, and I made soup from scratch. First, the pumpkins. How cute, right? And now the soup. I love soup...
View ArticleRecipe: Chicken, Vegetable, and Quinoa Soup
It’s fall so this is just the beginning of my soup adventures. Next up: chicken, vegetable, and quinoa soup. Still loving cabbage and quinoa in soup but I wanted something brothier, earthier, with more...
View ArticleRecipe: Sausage and Quinoa Stuffed Squash
Have you ever seen an item or ingredient at the grocery store and a lightbulb goes off with an amazing recipe? Well that happened to me when I saw this baby at Trader Joe’s: An unassuming, plain,...
View ArticleRecipe: Garlicy Spinach and Almond Quinoa Lunches
As many of our friends and coworkers know, at Casa de Domestocrat we make our lunches on Sunday for the week so everything is ready to go when we walk out the door each morning. We can’t afford to eat...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating
I despise the term “super foods.” It’s uncategorical, misleading, and just generally used incorrectly (the EU knows what’s up). However, I do believe in souped up foods; foodsthat are nutritional...
View ArticleRecipe: Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
We just came off a Vegas Vacation and you know what that means – buffets. By the last day I was ready to get home and eat nothing but salad for a while. Trite, but true. I whipped this up for dinners...
View ArticleRecipe: Cheddar Broccoli Bacon Quinoa Casserole
I hate using the term casserole – it conjures visions of creamed soup from a can. Blech! Trust me, there’s none of that in this recipe. Just hearty, delicious, baked, cheesy goodness. Domestocrat’s...
View ArticleRecipe: Quinoa, Brussel Sprout, Cranberry Salad With A Fried Egg On Top
A few weeks back my friend Nicole had a lovely dinner gathering for a group of lady pals, including yours truly. She made this divine brussel sprout and quinoa salad that I told her I needed to try at...
View ArticleRecipe: Quinoa Fried Rice
On our California to Oregon road trip John and I had a fantastic dinner at Leroy’s Kitchen and Lounge in San Diego. The highlight of the meal, for me, was definitely the quinoa fried rice. I took one...
View ArticleRecipe: Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Cakes
I love that Bud Light commercial with the guy making the quinoa burgers who keeps calling them “queeno.” Oh man, it cracks me up every time. Joking aside though, I love quinoa. It’s totally a staple in...
View ArticleRecipe: Quinoa Hash Browns
Leisurely weekend breakfasts are something we can all get behind. I’ve been going bonkers lately with waffles since I got a waffle maker. This past weekend I decided to switch it up a bit and whip up...
View ArticleRecipe: Breakfast Quinoa Scramble
Let’s take a break from waffles and talk about scrambles for breakfast. This recipe combines all of my favorite things about a leisurely weekend breakfast – eggs, cheese, ans salsa – but it’s totally...
View ArticleRecipe: Green Power Salad
Recently inspired by this Power Green Salad from Sprouted Kitchen, I set out over the weekend to make my own version. The goal was to make a salad that was light but substantive enough to serve as...
View ArticleRecipe: Quinoa Crusted Chicken Tenders with The Best Honey Mustard Sauce
There’s nothing like chicken tenders. Even as a 30+ adult, something about them makes me positively giddy. Maybe it’s a guilty pleasure or maybe just because it’s another way to deliver obscene amounts...
View ArticleRecipe: Veggie Quinoa Sausage Hash
For some reason lately I’ve had leeks on the brain. I’m not sure why, I think I associate them with Spring. This recipe is an instance where I started with one ingredient (said leeks) and built a whole...
View ArticleRecipe: Dark Chocolate and Cranberry Granola Bars
Breakfast is so easy in my house. Once I master a recipe John and I both love, we’ll have it for weeks on end (eg. double chocolate zucchini muffins, summer peach granola, blueberry super smoothies,...
View ArticleRecipe: Sausage, Quinoa, & Vegetable Soup
I decided that it is officially Fall because of three things: it’s 50 degrees out, we bought pumpkins, and I made soup from scratch. First, the pumpkins. How cute, right? And now the soup. I love soup...
View ArticleRecipe: Chicken, Vegetable, and Quinoa Soup
It’s fall so this is just the beginning of my soup adventures. Next up: chicken, vegetable, and quinoa soup. Still loving cabbage and quinoa in soup but I wanted something brothier, earthier, with more...
View ArticleRecipe: Sausage and Quinoa Stuffed Squash
Have you ever seen an item or ingredient at the grocery store and a lightbulb goes off with an amazing recipe? Well that happened to me when I saw this baby at Trader Joe’s: An unassuming, plain,...
View ArticleRecipe: Garlicy Spinach and Almond Quinoa Lunches
As many of our friends and coworkers know, at Casa de Domestocrat we make our lunches on Sunday for the week so everything is ready to go when we walk out the door each morning. We can’t afford to eat...
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