Super Food Quinoa!!!

Being injured blows.  Blows, blows BLOWS.  I am not feeling like myself, I am often frustrated, and I want nothing more than to be able to move around like I used to.  It takes me a year and a half to get anywhere and I'm constantly in pain.  I can't wait for surgery and start the recovery.  Because did I mention, this BLOWS?!

So, in order to feel whole - I took a trip to Whole Foods.  I bought everything green and healthy to make a super food quinoa.

In goes broccoli, cilantro, parsley, edamame, carrots, tomatoes, and chicken. I seasoned with reduced balsamic vinaigrette, salt & pepper, and shaved parmesan. So so healthy and super yummy.

Bottle of wine is from Ehlers Estate. Not bad. Not bad.

Part of the Whole Foods haul.  I bought some baby kale greens and it's oh so flavorful. Move over baby spinach.

I get started on reducing my balsamic vinegar but forget to add some mustard seeds. Trust me, makes it exponentially more delicious. Try it.

Ever since I came back from Stockholm, I can't seem to eat enough parsley.  It's also so green and pretty that it gives food a nice POP.

I did a medium fine chop. Yeah? Yeah.

Never realized how pretty a broccoli crown is.  I might want no other bouquet than a broccoli bouquet one day.

Slice them with a stalk focus? Does that make sense? Well, slice it however it makes sense to you so whether that is stalk focus or not.

Then throw them in a pan that had heated olive oil with some salt and sugar in it... medium heat should work.

Oh cilantro. It's such a staple in Asian cuisine. I chopped them the same way I chopped the parsley. Medium fine chop.

So pretty and firm.

Sliced baby carrots.

Because black beans are the superior beans. Rinse.

Ingredients that don't need cooking: parsley, cilantro, tomatoes, carrots, and black beans.

In the pan: broccoli, edamame, and carrots.

Here's a better photo. I think.

I poached some chicken tenderloin. I know, I know, can they look any more bland?!

I chopped them.

I throw them into the pan and pour the reduced balsamic vinegar all over it. See.. I had a plan.

Cooked quinoa. Oh la la.

All mixed together. How pretty!

Action shot!!! Yes, squeeze some lemon in to it if you insist.

Rib-eye. Non-related but made it to my plate tonight for dinner.

I hope I will feel the same way about my first born as I do about the fat on this piece of meat.

Dinneerrrrrr.