Quinoa

Meatless Monday: The Vegucation of Marisa Miller Wolfson

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Pcrm, Kale, Morgan Spurlock, Quinoa, Marisa Miller Wolfson, Mary Max, Vegan Kickstart, Vegucated Challenge, Vegucated, Supersize Me, Kind Green Planet, Food, Meatless Monday, Video, Green News
Ellen Kanner

The writer, director, editor of the documentary Vegucated did not descend "from the planet Vega to convert the mere earthling." Marisa Miller Wolfson started out as a midwest girl with a fondness for bacon. Along the way, she became "a professional eco-nudger" and dedicated vegan.

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Don't Fear the Quinoa: Southwest Quinoa Salad

Julie Tilsner | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Easy Salads, Southwest Quinoa Salad, Bad Home Cooking, Quinoa, Healthy Recipes, Vegetarian, Salad Recipes, Salad, Salads, Vegetarian Recipes, Quinoa Salad, Food News
Julie Tilsner

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6 Healthy Winter Salads... Hold the Lettuce

Anna Watson Carl | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Home Cooking, Healthy Living, Salads, Healthy Cooking, Winter, Recipes, Quinoa, Salad Recipes, Food News
Anna Watson Carl

Jam-packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants -- and healthy fats that will leave you satisfied, but not stuffed -- the six salads below will give you loads of energy. You won't even miss the lettuce. Promise!

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9 Great Winter Grains

Food52 | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Healthy Food, Healthy Eating, Breakfast, Recipes, Cooking, Quinoa, Granola, Lunch, food52, Salad, Slidepollajax, Food, Whole Grains, Dinner, KitchenDaily News
Food52

The new year has passed, and we're now in detox mode. Resolution mode. Eating more whole grains, happily, falls into these categories.

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Grain Trust: Experts Recommend Their Eco-Favorites

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Whole Grain Stamp, Cookboooks, Steel-Cut Oatmeal, Cayuga, Green, Oleana, Organic, Jessica Lundberg, Bob's Red Mill, Quinoa, Lotus, Massachussetts, Chef, James Beard, Barbara Kafka, Cynthia Harriman, War Eagle Mill, Popcorn, Whole Grains Council, Books, Corn, Ana Sortun, Grains, Goose Valley, Sustainable, Gluten-Free, Rice, Spelt Berries, Lundberg Family Farms, Freekeh, Lee Richardson, Oats, Oldways, Food, Maria Speck, Eden, Food News
Avital Binshtock

Grain is as American as apple pie. So it's only natural that farmers who want to protect this land -- and its amber waves -- are growing it sustainably.

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What the Heck Is ... Quinoa?

Kitchen Daily | Joseph Erdos | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Video, Cooking How-To, Cooking Healthy, Quinoa, High-Protein Grains, Ask the Editors, Peruvian Grains, Whole Grains, Cooking Quinoa, KitchenDaily News

The name may sound totally alien, but quinoa has been around for centuries. You've probably heard of it before or seen it in health food stores, but d...

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What To Eat When You're Sick

Kitchen Daily | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Recipes, Lunch Recipes, Recipe Collections, Cooking Healthy, Lunch Ideas, Soup Recipes, Quinoa, KitchenDaily News

Most days, lunch is simply a means to an end, whether that purpose is alleviating hunger pangs or providing a tasty distraction from the work day. But...

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Meatless Monday: Alice In Expoland

Ellen Kanner | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Mushrooms, Alice in Wonderland, Michael Pollan, Expo East, Ashley Koff, Quinoa, Natural Products Expo, Convenience, New Hope Media Consumer Reports, Food, Green News
Ellen Kanner

For one fab weekend, the spacious but contained world of the Baltimore Convention Center became a Wonderland of all things organic, where I never had to apologize for being vegan or explain what it means. Coming from meatcentric Miami, I've got to tell you, it was nice.

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A Spoonful of Quinoa Risotto Makes the Medicine Go Down

Olivia Katrandjian | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Chile, Quinoa, Risotto, Food News
Olivia Katrandjian

Quinoa, with its slightly nutty taste and high protein content, is the grain "du jour" among health-food junkies in the United States.

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Compost California

Beth Spotswood | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Composting, Recycling, Green Living, Dinner Parties, San Francisco, Compost, Meryl Streep, Quinoa, San Francisco News
Beth Spotswood

How many Bernal Heights dinner parties have you attended where, when you've asked your host how to dispose of your half-eaten plate of quinoa, he responds, "Just toss it in the compost bowl"?

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Brown Baggin' It: How to Do Lunch Right

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Home Cooking, Vegetarian, Work, Cooking, Health, Quinoa, Lunch, Twenty Something, Brown Bag, Food News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Bringing lunch. Whether you love it or hate it, you kinda know it's the right thing to do. Come noon, instead of hungrily browsing SeamlessWeb or roam...

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Is Quinoa Kosher For Passover?

NY Times | PAUL VITELLO | Posted 06.18.2011

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The big Passover questions are the same every year, and easy enough to answer, starting with "Why is this night different from all others?" Little qu...

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Making a Restaurant Kosher for Passover

Jordana Zizmor | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: The Prime Grill, Kosher, Matzah, Passover Seder, Restaurants, Joey Allaham, Passover 2011, New York, Interview, Passover, Kosher Quinoa, Quinoa, Food News
Jordana Zizmor

How does New York's Prime Grill become kosher for Passover? "It's a nightmare," says owner Joey Allaham. "It's like opening a completely new restaurant in 48 hours."

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Having My Quinoa and Eating it Too

Ben Grossman-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger, Bolivia, Brazil, Quinoa, World Hunger, Third World, Oxfam America, Park Slope Food Coop, Yuppie Food, Food Prices, Food News
Ben Grossman-Cohen

The convoluted tale of how the growing international appeal of an important local staple -- quinoa -- has changed life for many Bolivians gets to the difficulty of fixing our global food system.

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The Quinoa Quandary

New York Times | SIMON ROMERO and SARA SHAHRIARI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rising Global Food Prices, Eating Habits, Super Foods, Quinoa, Malnutrition, Bolivia, Bolivian Quinoa Farmers, Healthy Eating Habits, Incas, Health Food, Food News

When NASA scientists were searching decades ago for an ideal food for long-term human space missions, they came across an Andean plant called quinoa. ...

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What's So Great About Quinoa?

EatingWell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food & Health News, Penelope Wall, Eating Well, Eatingwell, Dinner, Quinoa, Food News
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By Penelope Wall, Writer/Producer for Social & Interactive Media at EatingWell My parents were back-to-the-land kind of folks, so I grew up eating al...

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How David Lynch Cooks Quinoa

Laughing Squid | Posted 05.25.2011

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This video of David Lynch cooking quinoa (part 1 and part 2) is somehow dark and foreboding...an ominous waking dream of whole grains. Just what are t...

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Keen on Quinoa

Mary Ann Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recipes, Quinoa, Chicken, South America, Predictions, Sesame Seeds, Tumbleweed, Beets, National Academy of Sciences, Vegetable Broth, Healthy Foods, Pan Cooked Shrimp, Food Fads, Protein Source, Food News
Mary Ann Esposito

If I had only one food ingredient prediction to make for this year, it would be that Quinoa will be the new darling of the healthy food universe. So what is it?

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Go, Dog, Go: Next Vacation, Bring Your Pup

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avital Binshtock

When it comes time to hit the road with your furry companion, consider packing these green, portable accessories as well.

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The Ascendance of Quinoa and Other Tasty Tales from the Road

Val Brown | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: UK, Diets, France, Crayfish, Marks and Spencer, Travel, Flapjacks, London, Paris, Weight Control, Michelin, Dieting, Quinoa, Chestnuts, Crepes, Food, Business Travel, Hot Chocolate, Angelina, Healthy Living News
Val Brown

I may be temporarily moving back to London for a project, but really it's just part of a bigger preoccupation with the things I look forward to eating when I travel internationally. I'm not talking about Michelin-starred restaurants, or under the radar family owned places. My tastes are quirkier.

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The 10 Things You Need To Eat: Quinoa

Dave Lieberman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Diet Tips, Dieting, Nutrition Tips, Health, Nutrition, 10 Things You Need to Eat, Quinoa, Protein, Meatballs, Food, Wellness, Dave Lieberman, Video, Healthy Living News
Dave Lieberman

Most Americans have no idea what quinoa is, let alone how to pronounce it (keen-wah). But here's why it's something you should absolutely have on your plate.

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Super Foods You MUST Eat -- Really?

Ashley Koff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Nutrition, Blueberries, Super Foods, Organic Food, Health, Quinoa, Weight Loss, Cabbage, Broccooli, Healthy Living News
Ashley Koff

Here's the thing, while many of these foods are good, even great for us, their "super-ness" doesn't hold a candle to some basic "super" nutrition concepts.

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The Top Ten for 2010 (Ingredients for a Healthy Life)

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Almonds, Healthy Eating, Nuts, Dieting, New Year's Resolution, Quinoa, Soybeans, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Leafy-Greens, Olive Oil, Soy, Lentils, Healthy Living News
Christina Pirello

What if I told you it ain't that hard to make over your entire diet? And in a month, you'll be lighter, more rested, less stressed and have more vitality and energy?

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