I had a super crazy bad headache earlier this evening so I took an excedrine and I am still up because of the caffeine in it- those things have more caffeine than a soda in them!  Oh well, my headache is gone so that is what is important, right?

Dinner tonight was SO good and extremely filling!  We had grilled chicken, roasted veggies, and quinoa.  I had tried quinoa before but I did something wrong and it tasted aweful, so I tried a different method this time and it worked like a charm! 

Here’s what I did...

First I soaked a cup of quinoa in a little cold water for a couple of minutes, then I rinsed it really good.  Then I soaked it again, then I rinsed it again (this removes the saponins that coats quinoa seeds.  If you don’t rinse it well enough it will taste bitter.  I think this was my mistake last time.)

Then I put it in my rice maker.  I did my proportions just like rice- one part quinoa, 2 parts water.  Then I turned it on and let it do its thang.  When it clicked off I fluffed it with a fork and it was perfecto!  (I seriously love my rice cooker.  I am whole grain impared.  I can only make them in the rice cooker, they never turn out when I make them on the stove).

Quinoa has some seriously stellar nutritional stats!  It is SO good for you.  It’s high in protein and it’s also a complete protein.  It also has tons of antioxidants and lots of vitamins and minerals that I just don’t have the energy to type out right now.

Now that you’ve had your quinoa lesson, go make some.  It’s super yummy!

Here’s what my dinner looked like…

Close up of quinoa (I wonder how many times I can possibly type the word quinoa?  Anyone want to count for me??)

Roasted broccoli, apsaragus, and cherry tomatoes (I ended up mixing the tomatoes in w/ my quinoa)

After dinner we went to Braum’s for some frozen yogurt.  I had chocolate.  It was fab!

I guess that’s it for tonight!  Anyone doing anything fun for Memorial Day weekend?

Lots of cleaning and reorganizing going on around this casa.  Going to get rid of a bunch of junk at a friends garage sale next weekend.  And I think I’m going to make some banana bread tomorrow!  I’ve been craving it for weeks.  I’m going to do some tweaking and combining of several different recipes that I’ve found.  Can’t wait!

Goodnight!