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  • Meal prepping quinoa bowls — five ways!

    Meal prepping quinoa bowls — five ways!

    Quinoa bowls are nothing new. In fact, I’ve been meal prepping them and bringing them to work for lunch almost everyday for the past few years. Seriously.

    Friends always ask if I get tired of them. To be honest, I really don’t. I’ve become a pro at mixing it up and making them different each week.

    Here’s the thing: You can pretty much make quinoa bowls out of absolutely anything! All you need is quinoa for the base, and after that, you can dress it up to your heart’s content.

    Below are five quinoa bowl ideas. Don’t let the longish list of ingredients scare you. Items can be removed or swapped out to something else you may have on hand.

    1. Power quinoa bowl with spinach, kale, eggs, and avocado (my go-to)
    2. Shredded chicken quinoa bowl with spinach and broccoli sprouts
    3. Quinoa with spicy roasted sweet potatoes and brussels sprouts
    4. Mediterranean quinoa bowl with roasted chickpeas and spinach
    5. Quinoa bowl with black beans and chicken

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  • Recipe: Bulgur-spinach salad with roasted summer squash and peppers

    Recipe: Bulgur-spinach salad with roasted summer squash and peppers

    Happy Sunday… almost Monday!

    My coworker, Erin, brought in some beauties from her parents’ garden in New Jersey the other week. I snagged a summer squash and green peppers with plans to roast and toss them in a simple bulgar salad. I figured it would be a nice light, summery dish. 🙂

    Have you ever had bulgur? It’s one of my favorite go-to’s during the week because it’s cooks quickly and can be incorporated into a lot of dishes. It’s a whole wheat grain that’s cracked, pre-cooked, and full of fiber, protein, iron, and B vitamins.

    I tend to eat bulgur the same way I do rice — so basically, with veggies or meats. My favorite way to eat bulgar is with spinach or kale, tossed with a few seasonal vegetables.

    This recipe was created on a whim — I wanted to use Erin’s squash and peppers, as well as a couple of other things I needed to consume before it went bad, like my tomatoes and spinach. Let me know what you think.

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