Nourish Your Life

We all know oranges are high in vitamin C. We all know (and love) that orange juice is one of the most popular breakfast drinks! There is more to the orange and its side-kicks than vitamin C and great juice. Let me tell you about them:
Oranges (or) lemons, grapefruit, kumquats, tangerines, limes.

They contain: Vitamin C, fiber, folate, limonene, potassium, polyphenols, pectin.
Servings: 1 a day
Benefits: prevents scurvy, heart health, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, reduce risk of cancer, reduce risk of stroke.
For just one serving a day (1 piece of fruit or about ½ cup juice) just look at what you can prevent! Pass me an orange, please…or maybe I will make
Fresh Quinoa Orange Salad
Serves 4-6

Ingredients
1 cup Quinoa
2 cups water
½ cup non fat vanilla yogurt
2 tablespoons apple juice concentrate
1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced (reserve four-six, leaving green leaves attached)
1 orange, peeled and sliced (reserve four-six slices)
Directions
Rinse quinoa before cooking to remove the coating of a bitter substance called saponins.
Bring water to a boil
Stir in quinoa, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until wall water is absorbed.
Cool and refrigerate until time to finish the salad.
Blend together yogurt and apple juice concentrate.
At serving time; stir together yogurt sauce, sliced strawberries and orange.
Divide quinoa into four-six serving bowls. Pour fruited sauce over top of quinoa. Garnish with reserved strawberries and orange slices.
Enjoy!
Variations:
Try different juice concentrates or other flavored yogurts.
Serve in a scooped out cantaloupe half.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts or wheat germ.
Nutrition facts: 4servings (6 servings)
Calories 253(168); Carbs 50gm (33 gm); Protein 7gm (5 gm); fat 2.5 gm (1.5 gm)

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