Wednesday, August 13, 2008

quinoa paella


I love cooking without a recipe. I realize I do not do this enough. I also don't cook as much I would like to. I have been feeling a bit uncreative lately so I had the urge to do something that would be fulfilling for myself and my family. So...tonight I made a dish using one of my favorite grains, quinoa. I decided to be a bit daring, since I tend to be very picky with food, and I added a few more nutritional and flavorful ingredients. These included fresh spinach and red and yellow baby tomatoes from our farmers market, mushrooms, potatoes, white beans, and shrimp. I had found some interesting miso dressing at whole foods, which was so delicious and I decided to add that to the mix along with my other usual spices and cheese. I have to say it was awesome! And...Ayden kept asking for more. 

2 comments:

KnitterMama said...

I LOVE that Miso dressing from Whole Foods. It is the BEST! This looks so so yummy. We went to the farmer's market here last weekend--just me and the kids. It was pretty hard to get a handle on both of them and buy food but I loved it still. I miss you.

orb said...

sounds and looks yummy. and no condiments anywhere in sight! :)