Hot Quinoa Salad

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brown rice, food, foodie, quinoa, recipe, salad, side dish, vegan, vegetarian

Pumpkin doesn’t like quinoa. I know, impossible right? I can remember as a kid, I didn’t like to eat it either. I thought it was birdseed (and amaranth too). So my trick to get him to eat it is to make it a 50%-50% blend of brown rice and quinoa. And I doctor it up and make a hot salad side dish (although I’d eat it as a main dish).

Hot Quinoa Salad

Ingredients:
2 c. cooked quinoa (hot), 2 c. cooked brown rice (hot), 2. c. garbanzo beans (hot), 1 c. sun-dried tomatoes, 1/2 c. crumbled feta, 1/2 c. kalamata olives, 1/4 c. olive oil, 3 Tbsp. lime juice, 1 Tbsp. minced garlic, 1 Tbsp. fresh rosemary, 1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, fresh cracked black pepper, fresh ground sea salt

Directions:
Mix together all ingredients except feta. Sprinkle feta on top of salad and serve hot.

Pumpkin’s verdict? “It’s alright, but I eat all of it first so I can wash the taste out of my mouth with the yummy food I saved.” Haha, maybe next time!

What tricks do you use to get reluctant eaters to try new things? 

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Wild Salmon with Dill Lemon Butter Sauce

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dill, dinner, food, foodie, lemon, quinoa, recipe, salmon, sugar snap peas

I really enjoy salmon, but Hubster doesn’t. So last night I swapped chicken in for his meal. Same sauce, same dishes, but sometimes it’s not that easy. I needed a dish that was fresh and light but also hearty… difficult right? I decided to serve my salmon with a quinoa blend and sugar snaps peas. I was tempted to lick my plate clean (Hubster loved his that much too).

Wild Salmon with Dill Lemon Butter Sauce

Wild Salmon with Dill Lemon Butter Sauce Ingredients:
4 oz. fillets of wild salmon, olive oil, 1/4 c. butter, 3 Tbsp. lemon juice, 1/2 Tbsp. minced garlic, 1 Tbsp. shallots, 1/2 c. pinot grigio, 1 Tbsp. lemon zest, 1 Tbsp. dill weed, fresh ground sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper

Wild Salmon with Dill Lemon Butter Sauce Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Rub salmon with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, place on baking tray bake for about 12-15 minutes. In a small sauce pan over medium heat, sauté garlic and shallots in butter. Add lemon juice, wine, zest, and dill and simmer until sauce thickens. Pour over salmon and served hot!

*Garnish with a sprig of fresh dill or some capers.

What will be on your dinner table?