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Hallo y'everybody.

So I've been, like, cooking n stuff? Trader Joe's has been the organic testing grounds for some of my favorite recipes. One of them in a quinoa dish that was taught to me by Nina Rosas, chef and owner of Soul Restaurant, an organic haven in Brussels, Belgium.

http://www.soulresto.com/index.html

Quinoa is a high protein grain so it take a while for your body to digest it. This makes for a slow and powerful energy release into your system. I adapted the meal to what I had on hand and a few taste adjustments I've added over time since Nina first taught it to me .. Nina and her sister Linda have the original special recipe and make it like no one else, so check out Soul and visit them when you're in Brussels for the full taste experience.

So I took some organic quinoa from Trader Joe's and went to town.

1 box regular quinoa
Vegetable broth
apples sliced into cubes
baby spinach
feta cheese
canned tuna (in water)
pine nuts (toasted)
olive oil to taste

I rinsed off the quinoa and then followed the directions on the box, adding two parts water to it. Then I threw two condensed vegetable broth cubes in the pot to give it some flavor. (Quinoa is quite tasteless on its own.) I let the quinoa boil while I threw some pine nuts on a skillet and toasted them a bit. (Watch them closely, it's very quick that they go from not toasted to burned.)

Then I took off the pine nuts and let them cool, and threw the canned tuna on the skillet for a little while. This gives the tuna a better, more cooked flavor.

When the quinoa was almost completely cooked, i.e. boiled down, I threw in the apples, the tuna, and the feta cheese. I waited a little bit and then threw in the baby spinach and pine nuts. I turned off the heat and poured in a little olive oil to taste.

Oh yessss......

So, give it a shot and let me know how it goes ... and how you feel after eating quinoa!

Until next time, love and quality living to you.