{GF} Quinoa~Say What?

           
    What is that?  It is pronounced /keen wa/, and it is an ancient grain that has been grown in South America for thousands of years.  It has been labeled as a super food and has 14 grams of protein in every 3.5 ounces!
     How do you prepare it?
      It  is cooked on your stove just like rice (regular rice, not the minute rice).  So you take one part of the quinoa to two parts of water or gluten free broth and bring it to boil.  Once it is boiling you reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until liquid is dissolved.  It is that easy! 
   
What does it taste like? 
     Well, it has a very mild flavor when it is plain. It doesn’t look the best either according to my family.  My hubby says that it looks like bird seed!  When I make it, as you will see in my recipes, I mix it with different things like tomatoes or just spices. My favorite version so far is when it is mixed with stewed tomatoes!  The funny thing about that is that I never really liked tomatoes until I started making them with the quinoa.  I will share some recipes that I have made with it in the next few weeks.  
    Where can you find it?
   I am pretty sure that most health or whole foods would have it.  I purchase it mainly at my Kroger Marketplace.  They have a nice sized health food section and I have actually found a lot of GF things there.  It comes in a 16 oz bag and is about $6.00 or so a bag.  When you are making it for one person it doesn’t seem too expensive.  I have found it in regular, as I call it and tri color, which is the one pictured left above.  Can you tell where my family thinks it is bird seed?    
Don’t be shy!  Give it a try and let me know what you think!
  

Gluten Free~Spinach and Mozzarella Egg Scramble

             I am constantly looking for and trying recipes that my whole family will eat together, instead of making two meals.  With me not eating meat or gluten it can be interesting, to say the least.  One thing that we all love is eggs!  Most of the time I make eggs with some kind of meat and then either bread or potatoes of some kind.  You all know the traditional breakfast foods.
     Being Catholic, Fridays and meats don’t mix during Lent.  We are also not fish eaters, okay the kids are more so then the hubby and I, however we don’t have a lot of it.   When I set out to make our supper today I thought I would try scrambled eggs with spinach and mozzarella.  It just sounded so delicious to me!  It is easy to cook and the whole family can eat the same thing!  I have to say it is real easy to cook when you can actually eat it!  Usually I am asking one of the kids or the hubby how something tastes but it isn’t the same as doing it yourself.  I enjoy it so much better when I can taste!
     This egg recipe is really easy and fairly quick.  I used 3 tablespoons of butter, 18 eggs, 4 cups of spinach, a cup of shredded mozzarella, salt and pepper to taste.  Take your butter and melt it in the skillet.  Add your spinach and cook until wilted, about 4 minutes.

  It does look like a lot, however when it cooks down there won’t be a lot.  While the spinach is cooking, scramble the eggs then add to skillet of spinach.  Cook eggs until firm and a little wet, more like shiny, not runny at all.  They will continue to cook once you remove them from the heat so don’t worry about them being undercooked.
Once they are don’t cooking, add salt and pepper to taste and shredded cheese. 
Great served with fruit, toast or potatoes!

It’s a Berenstain Bears recipe contest!

     Calling all parent/kid cooking teams!

ZonderKids is sponsoring a cooking contest for you!

        First of all, what will the winner receive?

  The Berenstain Bears Country Cookbook        
          By: Mike Berenstain
 
This book is filled with 40 kid friendly recipes including breakfast, lunch, main meals and don’t forget desserts!  The book also has lots of kid friendly tips such as food and  measurement conversions.  A great book for your to get cooking with your children.
                     
                 What do you need to do to enter?  It is easy as 1-2-3

  1.  Make a kid friendly recipe with your special little one(s)

              

      2.  Send your recipe with pictures and/or video to clubbfarm6@ yahoo . com by March 30th! 

3.  Check back on April 1st!  No fooling! The winner’s recipe with pictures/video will be posted for you to check out!  

I think this is going to be so much fun!  I can’t wait to see your recipes!  While you wait for the contest to be over, check this video with Papa and Mama bear and their Honey Hunt cookie recipe!  YUM!

This give away is open to U.S. residents only with a valid street address for UPS shipping. 

Good Luck to everyone!

You can check out these other Berenstain videos as well!

Cooking with The Berenstain Bears: Green Noodle Lasagna

Cooking with The Berenstain Bears: Bear-y Good Mac and Cheese

Cooking with The Berenstain Bears: Turkey Shaped Sandwiches