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50 / 50 night



This is one of my fastest meals, Quinua Salad and a veggie patty. This is a truly 50/50 dinner. 50% Peruvian  (quinua) and 50% American (veggie chicken patty).

I grew up eating quinua at least once a week, and before I came to this country, I thought vegetarian "meat" was awful, so I used not to have much of it, but here in the US you can find very tasty "meat" that are "meatless"


I am going to refer it as QuinUa, just because it feels more natural to me, since I have eaten quinua my whole life, and I am just recently eating quinOa. ( yes, I am trying to be funny )

This way of cooking quinua is very different of what I am used to, but it's not only very fast, it's also quite tasty and satisfying .


You will need:

1 cup of quinua
1/4 cup celery
1/4 cup orange bell peppers
1/4 cup kalamata olives
1/4 cup mushrooms
1/4 cup asparagus
3 Tbsp feta cheese - crumbled
1 Tbsp fresh parsley
1 lime
Olive oil
Salt and Pepper


First, place the quinua in a pot with water three times until boiling. Then keep it boiling until the grain is cook,  drain and cool down. All of this process will be about 15 minutes.


Put the asparagus in a microwave resistant container (I use glass), add water to cover an allowed them to float and put them in the microwave for 6 minutes. ( two minutes at the time ). Cool down and set a side.

Meanwhile, get your chopping board and start chopping all the veggies in bite sizes. Remember that you really can add any veggie that you have at home. I chose this ones because are the ones I had available at home in that moment. You can also add alfalfa sprouds, chives, brocoli, etc.


Now, mix all the ingredients in a large bowl, and season them with the juice of the whole lime, olive oil, salt and pepper. You will find this combination quite common in my salads. I really like lime as a dressing and in Peru is a very popular way to have salads. Keylime is almost a "must have" at home.

To cook the veggie patty I just put it in the microwave (one by one) for a minute and it's ready.

It's very simple, fast and as I said your tummy will be very happy.




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