I love the combination of grains or vegetables with sesame oil. As with any oil, look for one that is unrefined in dark bottles to preserve the quality of the fatty acids.
Read moreQuinoa Chocolate Cake
I took my partner, Barry, to Niagara last weekend and we stayed at a lovely B&B called The Orchard Croft http://www.orchardcroft.ca/. When I told the owner, Ildiko, that it was Barry’s birthday and that I was going gluten and dairy free these days, she baked this cake!
Read moreRecipe: Simmered Quinoa
Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is one of my favourite whole grains. It is light, nutty in flavour, and unlike a lot of other grains is good hot or cold. It provides an excellent vegetable source of protein, complete in its amino acid profile, an abundance of calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese and zinc, as well as the B vitamins.
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