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Quinoa Oat and Pecan Veggie Burger
Quinoa Oat and Pecan Veggie Burger
00I’m always on the search for new and innovative ideas for veggie burgers! This one features red quinoa giving it a fabulous chewy and crunchy texture that I absolutely loved. However, with the added bun, it felt a little carbohydrate heavy, so next time I would be perfectly happy crumbling it over a salad instead! Print Recipe Quinoa...
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Pomegranate and Satsuma Quinoa Salad
Pomegranate and Satsuma Quinoa Salad
00After a full 10 hour day of work yesterday, I’m proud to say I completed everything on my list in time to catch the Golden Globes! Fortunately the one film I saw this season, Life of Pi, won best original score! However, after seeing all of the awards go out last night, clearly I have some movie watching to do! With the day so busy, I only had time to make a quick quinoa salad to snack on...
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Kamut & Garbanzo Bean Salad
Kamut & Garbanzo Bean Salad
00With summer coming to an end I am trying to make as many trips to the farmers market as possible! Fall is soon approaching lots of things are changing – the evenings are getting cooler, the beaches are becoming less crowded, kids are going back to school, and we are moving! After finally getting married back in June, we have decided it’s time for a bigger and better place! I’ve had the...
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Shrimp Avocado Salad
Shrimp Avocado Salad
00In keeping with the theme of Paleo today, I made a delicious Shrimp Avocado Salad for lunch! The salad consisted of a simple bed of lettuce, sliced avocado, cherry tomatoes, and lemon garlic shrimp. I recreated this salad based on this one I had in Mykonos! Instead of a creamy dressing for the salad, I used Isola Cream of Balsamic, one of my newest favorites in the kitchen! Cream of balsamic...
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Vegetable Quinoa Winter Soup
Vegetable Quinoa Winter Soup
00After a long night at crossfit I enjoyed some well deserved Vegetable Quinoa Winter Soup with Garlic Crostini for dinner! All I had to do was heat up the soup and bake the crostini for 5 minutes and dinner was served. My day of meal preparation is already paying off! First things first though. Today’s crossfit WOD (for time): 30 air squats 15 front squats (55 – Rx was 65) 30 kettle...
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Avocado and Grapefruit Salad
Avocado and Grapefruit Salad
00So remember when I said I was going to make Soba Noodles with Thai Coconut Shrimp this week? Well, it was a total flop – edible, but not worth posting. Oh well, sometimes the food wins. However, the Avocado Grapefruit Salad turned out fabulously! It was super easy and made a quick, delicious lunch! Ingredients: 1 head Butter (or Bibb) lettuce, chopped 2 grapefruits, peeled and segmented...
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BBQ Chicken Salad
BBQ Chicken Salad
00Without a microwave, leftovers for lunch have to be strategically planned at my new apartment. This BBQ chicken salad is actually something that is served at the café at my work, and I decided to come up with my own healthy recipe for it to eat at home! It looks a little sloppy, but once you realize how easy, delicious, and versatile it is, you won’t mind. Ingredients: 2 lbs boneless,...
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Red Quinoa and Black Bean Salad
Red Quinoa and Black Bean Salad
00Last week I made a big batch of Red Quinoa and Black Bean Salad and ate it all week for lunch! It was so simple and really REALLY good! What is quinoa? Quinoa (keen-wah) is an ancient Incan grain that comes in both white and red colors. Quinoa has the most complete amino acid profile of all grains meaning it has all of the essential amino acids needed for building bones, strengthening muscles...
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Asian Chicken Salad
Asian Chicken Salad
00I always find that salads made at restaurants seem to be so much more satisfying and flavorful than any boring old salad I could possibly make at home. So instead of my usual weekend trip to Panera for lunch I decided to challenge myself to create an equally delicious salad at home! Here is what I discovered. First, presentation of the salad is key. If it looks boring, it probably will taste...
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Southwest Pasta Salad
Southwest Pasta Salad
00Oh my word, it seems like forever ago that I posted anything! Life has been totally crazy this week starting a new job, going to night class at UIC, and trying to get enough sleep to recover from a cold. At any rate, I’ve got a new recipe for you guys! A few months ago Will surprised me with a bag of handmade Whole Wheat Chipotle Lime Mafaldine pasta from Papparedelle’s at the French...
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Pesto Gnocchi Pasta Salad
Pesto Gnocchi Pasta Salad
00Its finally summer, and nothing says summer like pasta salad! With being out of town and starting up my dietetic internship I feel like I haven’t cooked in ages! Pesto Gnocchi Pasta Salad was the perfect solution for dinner. I took this recipe from Cook This Not That; I used store-bought pesto from Whole Foods and leftover whole wheat gnocchi that I had made a month or so ago. ...
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Cobb Salad
Cobb Salad
00I had a craving for Cobb salad this week and got a great recipe from Smitten Kitchen which I modified slightly! This recipe was enough for two Cobb salads and was absolutely delicious! Ingredients: 1 head romaine lettuce 1 chicken breast (seasoned, grilled, and chopped) 2 hard boiled eggs, chopped 1 tomato, chopped 4 slices turkey bacon, cooked and chopped 1 avocado, cubed 1 cup blue...
About Me
My name is Amari Cheffer and I am a Registered Dietitian, blogger, and food enthusiast! I started blogging back in 2009 to document my lifelong love affair with food and nutrition. I am a licensed Registered Dietitian with a Master's in Nutrition Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Things I hate most include tasteless diet foods, excuses, hopeless weight-loss advice, and quitters. If you have time to breathe, you have time to eat healthy. It's all about problem solving and planning ahead for your one-of-a-kind lifestyle.
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