The wonderful, light, fresh taste of tabouli without the issues accompanying wheat. This is literally the best tabouli I have ever tasted. I love keeping it on hand or a quick lunch for Tony or myself. Super healthy, super tasty, super easy!

Quinoa is becoming one of my favorite grains to work with because of it's nutty taste (I prefer it to rice and use it as a substitute often) and powerful nutrient benefits:

Omega 6 fatty acids
Selenium
Antioxidant protection
Phosphorus
Potassium
Zinc
All essential amino acids for protein
B vitamins and folate
Manganese
Magnesium


Ingredients:
3 cups quinoa

¼ c olive oil

¼ c lemon juice

½ t dried parsley

¼ t dried basil

chopped tomato

1 small or ½ purple onion chopped fine

1 clove garlic pressed

¼ t salt

¼ t pepper, fresh cracked

3 T fresh cilantro, chopped

Mix together in a medium bowl, chill.

Serving Suggestions:
You can serve it as is on the side, as a salad over a bed of lettuce, stuff it into a pita with mozzerella or feta, sprouts, and cucumber, or stuff it into a tomato. Love tabouli -- it's so versatile and made with quinoa, it is packed with nutrients and protein.

Summer temperatures have been rolling into Lancaster County this week reaching up into the triple digits which have had me searching for refreshing eats for our family.

I threw this together for lunch the other day. Scrumptious, refreshing, and energizing! We are definitely making this again after our next tri pto the local organic farmer's market.

Ingredients:
1/2 pound all naural or organic, grass fed beef {Fantastic Foods meatless taco filling), browned with 1/2 t cumin, 2 t chili powder, 1/2 t garlic powder
3/4 cup raw cheddar or feta cheese, crumbled
2 T milled flax seed
1/2 fresh ripe tomato, sliced and chopped
4 or more cups farm fresh, chopped green lettuce leaves (I used butterhead, romaine, and spinach mix)...chopped up well
chunky lime slices
1 small candy onion, chopped fine
homemade guacamole (2 organic avacados, 1/4 cup organic onion, finely chopped, 1/2 cup fresh organic tomato, chopped, juice of 1 organic lime, 3 T fresh organic cilantro, chopped)

Place lettuce on plates. Mix flax into choice of taco meat and sprinkle onto lettuce.
Sprinkle onion next. Spread a decent amount of guacamole and then sprinkle some tomatoes, then cheese. Add slice of lime to side of plate. 

Makes about 4-5 servings.