Nourish Your Life

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)
3 kiwi, 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 kiwi.

Divide quinoa into four-six serving bowls. Pour fruited sauce over top of quinoa. Garnish with reserved strawberries and kiwi slice.

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)

Makes about 4 cups
8 servings as a side dish, 4 servings as a main course

Ingredients

1C Quinoa (Place in a strainer and run under water to rinse well)
1C water
1C apple juice
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 medium apple, chopped
½ C grated carrots

Directions

Combine water and apple juice in a large saucepan
Stir in rinsed quinoa
Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce to low heat and cover.
Simmer for 15 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
Remove from heat and fluff quinoa with a fork.
Allow to cool
Stir in chopped apple, grated carrots, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Hint: If you will not be serving this within ½ hour, wait until serving time to chop and add apple. Otherwise, apple may turn brown.

Suggestion: Use other kinds of juice and fruit. Add nuts, seeds or anything else that sounds good.

Makes about 2 1/2 cups
4 servings

Ingredients
1 cup prepared Green tea (made at a strength that is pleasurable to you.)
¾ cup Quinoa
¼ cup chopped walnuts (or other nut of your choice)
½ cup chopped dry fruit (such as raisins, apricots, blueberries, etc.)

Directions
Bring Green tea to a boil
Rinse Quinoa well, to remove bitter coating on seed.
Add Quinoa to boiling Green tea.
Cover and simmer about 15 minutes or until all tea is absorbed.
Allow to cool
Stir in nuts and dried fruit.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: ½ cup = 225 calories, Fat = 6 grams, Carbs = 34 grams, Protein = 8 grams

Makes two servings

Ingredients

2 cups water
2/3 cup quinoa
2 Tablespoons nonfat plain yogurt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 ounce cooked cocktail shrimp, roughly chopped
½ cup halved seedless grapes
6 small cherry tomatoes, halved
a small yellow summer squash, diced
1 scallion, thinly sliced

Directions

1. Bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan set over high heat. Stir in quinoa, cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook for 10 minutes. Set aside, off the heat, covered, until the water is absorbed (about 5 minutes.)

2. Whisk the yogurt, lemon juice, dill, mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl.

3. Place the quinoa in a serving bow; fluff with a fork. Stir in shrimp, grapes, tomatoes, squash, and scallion. Add the dressing and toss to coat; serve at once.

Nutrition facts: 368 calories; 5grams fat; 27grams carbohydrate; 54gams carbohydrate.