We all have heard this super food: quinoa (if ever struggled how to pronounce the word than it should be said “keen wah”. and here is the pronunciation video) that it is the absolute must have in every diet due for all the good it does to your body. Quinoa is not a grain but a seed and therefore easier to digest, rich with protein and low on glycemic index moreover wheat and gluten free and packed with vitamins and minerals (like Magnesium, Iron, Potassium, etc.) therefore also perfect if you are a vegan or vegetarian.
As as clean eater that’s slightly bored with regular wholegrain rice and chicken for lunch than I try to experiment with my lean protein and carbs to make my meals more diverse and quinoa is one of my favorite alternative as it goes so god together with several foods.
My last lunch combinations was quinoa, cucumber and canned meat (I usually use Simmenthal when I need a fast fix and couldn’t prepare food the night before. By the way in their homepage are several recipes, unfortunately only in Italian but as with pictures it’s easier to get it for inspiration).
For recipe I use 50g quinoa boiled in water for 10 min (let it cool down and it’s done) and than just added a raw cucumber and 90g of canned meat -ready.
Quinoa, cucumber and canned meat cold salad
My second option with quinoa for lunch is with octopus carpaccio and again cucumber – love cucumber especially summer time.
Quinoa and octopus carpaccio
clean and healthy lunch idea
These are 2 of my lunch solutions that are fast to prepare and easy to carry with you and so delicious and healthy – perfect alternatives of regular rice and chicken.
Of course the quinoa recipes are endless and can be used in many other ways – even in sweets, like in my last trip to Thailand I discovered a wonderful quinoa dessert by Absolute fit foods(still need to try it at home), the review you can find here.
What quinoa recipes you like? What’s your favorite super food?
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