{"id":3974,"date":"2013-05-14T04:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T11:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2013-05-12T19:45:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T02:45:10","slug":"parmesan-garlic-quinoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/?p=3974","title":{"rendered":"Parmesan Garlic Quinoa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve noticed that more and more lately, I like to pin unconventional dishes to my “Yummies” board<\/a>. I see cauliflower tortillas<\/a> and my interest is piqued. Or pasta with burrata and kale-roasted garlic sauce<\/a> – I have no idea what burrata is, but I really want to make this. In fact, the more mysterious-sounding the dish, the more likely I am to add it to my already overflowing board.<\/p>\n

Now, parmesan garlic quinoa doesn’t sound all that exotic. But what sold me was the claim that “you’ll never eat mac & cheese again”. This is another criteria for my pinning: will my child eat it? And is it at least a little bit healthy? K wouldn’t touch kale or cauliflower and may<\/em> like burrata because it’s cheese (I looked it up), but she would happily survive solely on mac & cheese. I’ve been guilty of making this classic kid meal more than two times per week during desperate times.<\/p>\n

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So naturally, I had to try this recipe<\/a>, especially if it was a healthier alternative. It was simple, quick, and straightforward. And very un-photogenic.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a resounding success. Actually, it might have been the opposite of resounding success. And I added extra cheese! I was the only one who liked it and it might be because I’ve OD’d on mac & cheese and can’t stand it and love quinoa. K and M politely pushed their bowls of steaming parmesan garlic quinoa away and focused intensely on their salads.<\/p>\n

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Oh well. I like broadening my horizons. And I share it with you today just in case you too are a quinoa lover and not so much a fan of mac & cheese. I think it’s actually quite tasty. Recipe is here<\/a>. Next I might try roasted yellow plums with rosemary Popsicles…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve noticed that more and more lately, I like to pin unconventional dishes to my “Yummies” board. I see cauliflower tortillas and my interest is piqued. Or pasta with burrata and kale-roasted garlic sauce – I have no idea what burrata is, but I really want to make this. In fact, the more mysterious-sounding the dish, the more likely I am to add it to my already overflowing board. Now, parmesan garlic quinoa doesn’t sound all that exotic. But what sold me was the claim that “you’ll never eat mac & cheese again”. This is another criteria for my pinning: will my child eat it? And is it at least a little bit healthy? K wouldn’t touch kale or cauliflower and may like burrata because it’s cheese (I looked it up), but she would happily survive solely on mac & cheese. I’ve been guilty of making this classic kid meal more than two times per week during desperate times. So naturally, I had to try this recipe, especially if it was a healthier alternative. It was simple, quick, and straightforward. And very un-photogenic. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a resounding success. Actually, it might have been the opposite of resounding success. And I added extra cheese! I was the only one who liked it and it might be because I’ve OD’d on mac & cheese and can’t stand it and love quinoa. K and M politely pushed their bowls of steaming parmesan garlic quinoa away and focused intensely on their salads. Oh well. I like broadening my horizons. And I share it with you today just in case you too are a quinoa lover and not so much a fan of mac & cheese. I think it’s actually quite tasty. Recipe is here. Next I might try roasted yellow plums with rosemary Popsicles…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cooking","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3974"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3976,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3974\/revisions\/3976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanaeishida.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}