The Quinoa Beast Salad.

I cooked something! I made my friends taste it! They liked it! Blogging ensues.

The benefits & attributes of the Quinoa Beast Salad ;

1. Its extremely filling.
   
2. Its a great all-round/anytime meal.
3. Provides essential vitamins, amino acids and nutrients from raw natural sources.
   
4. Its PACKED with quality protein. ( incase you missed that - its PACKED )
5. Its ridiculously good for you.

The recipe is infinitely customizable, giving you a wide range of option as far as adding or subtracting ingredients to suit your tastes.

The ingredients list.

1 can of Garbanzo Beans ( Chickpeas )
Half cup of Organic Quinoa
1 cup of Organic Chicken Stock
Quarter pound of Sliced Crimini Mushrooms
Half cup or Raw Pumpkin seeds
3 or 4 Cloves of roasted garlic - thinly sliced
2 tbsp Black Sesame seeds
2/3 tsp Cayenne Pepper
2 tbsp olive oil ( cold pressed if possible )
1/3 tsp Sea Salt
1/3 tsp Garlic Powder

Its really rather simple to cook :

Cook the quinoa in the chicken stock for about 7-10 minutes.

Pan grill the sliced Mushrooms with a tsp of olive oil.

In a big bowl add all ingredients other than the mushrooms & quinoa. Mix.

When quinoa and Muchrooms are done - Mix with other ingredients.

Aaaand you're DONE. This mix usually lasts me about a week if I have a small cup of it as a snack or mini meal everyday.

Try adding other legumes like kidney beans... or substituting/adding broccoli with the mushrooms. Dont be afraid to add this to a soup!... or mashed potatoes! or.. or... OR make it into a great chip dip by grinding/blending it together!... im NOT going to be cheesy and say 'the possibilities are endless!!'

See? told you it was simple.