corny quinoa
February 24, 2010 Mmmmm pumpkin….mmmmm oats…mmmm i make noises when i eat
Pumpkin Egg White Oats:
- 1/3c oats
- 1/3c vanilla almond milk
- 2/3c water
- 1/2t cinnamon
- vanilla splash
- 1/3c pumpkin – stirred in 1/2 way thru
- 2 egg whites – whisked in at end
- nutmeg + ginger shakes
- topped with: 1T granola, few walnuts, ~2t pnut butter, ~2t coconut butter
deericious :)
I had a completely random lunch spread throughout the whole day. Part 1, was ~3/4c Oikos plain + 1 apple + cinnamon – For some reason I didn’t like this combo. To me, the apple and yogurt did not go well together. I would have preferred a pretty pear! I had a handful of almonds before running to the gym and when I got back about 1/3 of a leftover Amazing Grass bar that was in the cupboard. I also had a graham cracker, chocolate + lime cookie, and one other delicious concoction. Sometimes I just don’t feel like eating lunch all at once :)
Off to the gym to hop on the bike. Rest day from running. My training page has been updated! I also did yoga for runners and whittle my middle today. It’s amazing what 20min of yoga will do for your body!! Love it!
The end of my lunch! I had this when I got home and it hit.the.spot.
Purple Bubble Smoothie:
- 1 orange
- 1/2c blueberries
- 1/2c oikos plain
- 1/2 serving mixed berry rice protein powder
This was SO refreshing. Lately I have been kind of stuck on making green monsters and not adding much fruit, except for bananas. I haven’t been buying fresh fruit because it is so out of season and not worth the price because I know I’ll be unhappy with the taste. However, oranges are good right now and WF had an awesome deal on frozen organic blueberries. These will definitely be happening more often!
Introducing my dinner soup FAILS.
Fail ONE – Amy’s Vegetable Barley – No words can describe how terrible this soup was. I actually have yet to be impressed with Amy’s soups. The soups were on sale so I picked up a few. It smelled like strong onions [sorry Kath haha] when I poured it from the can. I like onions but this smelled really strong. I heated it up thinking it would then be better. Wrong…it honestly tasted like metal fish with a side of onions. Lovely, no? I dumped it…and I am not one to waste food.
Dinner success!!! Homemade Quinoa Cornbread!!! Obviously I should stick to doing things myself and not rely on cans to do them for me!! I was out later than I thought grocery shopping and then when I got ready to make the planned black bean chili, I realized we didn’t have the beer it called for. It was already 7:45, and I didn’t want to go out again. I am at least glad I made the cornbread!! Really simple but a tad time consuming because you do have to pre-cook quinoa and add it into the mixture.
Corny Quinoa Bread
- 3c corn flour [BRM makes this and it was only $1.99!!!]
- 1 1/4c cooked quinoa
- 2t baking soda
- 1t salt
- 2c
low fat buttermilkoat milk + 2T lemon juice - 2 eggs
- Oven @ 350* – Line a 9x9 pan with parchment paper or butter + flour so it doesn’t stick.
- I combined oat milk + 2T lemon juice to mimic buttermilk. I used oat milk because it is thicker than rice + almond. You can also do this with cow’s milk to make your own buttermilk. I just didn’t feel like buying it!
- Combine flour, 1c cooked quinoa, soda, + salt. Mixing well to break up any lumps.
- Whisk eggs + buttermilk together.
- Combine dry into wet and stir until just combined.
- Pour into the pan and top with 1/4c cooked quinoa.
- Bake for ~30min. It should be fluffy and golden brown…toothpick test it!
Make your own buttermilk: cow milk – vegan version
So yes, this was on the bland side, but for some reason I LOVED it. It had a nice corn flavor and I liked the flavor the oat milk gave it as well. The texture was awesome. Fluffy but dense and nice and moist. I could have eaten a lot more than I did!! I might have to incorporate this into breakfast. I like that sugar was not called for in this recipe, but in the morning I could see drizzling a little maple syrup on top and warming it. Was my family the only one that would make cornbread and top it with maple syrup? It’s sooooo good that everyone should know about it!
Soup FAIL TWO!!! I’ve had this for awhile and really like other soups from Pacific…like their tomato and butternut squash. This however was also TERRible. The flavors did not mesh well at all. It also got dumped. By this time I was getting really MAD. grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Now what? Egg samich time!!!
Crack + Pour
Poke + Spread [Kelsey discovered this secret method that our FAVorite bakery in Charlotte used…it’s perfection :)]
Cook.
THE best way to cook eggs. A little like scrambled, a little like sunny side up, A LOT GOOD!!! If I know one thing it is that I LOVE EGGS. Who’s with me on this? Whole Foods orgn. whole wheat bread and a little fresh grated swiss. This seriously hit the spot…I could have eaten another, hehe. Maybe THIS will be breakfast? Ahhh too many options!
Guess what’s updated besides my boring training page? RECIPES!! Now I just wish I could have ONLY the recipe showing…sorry you have to scroll through the post. It seems like it would take FORever to create new posts for every recipe just to have that on the page…someone tell me if there is an easier way, haha. I’m also in the process of posting photos in the “DIG.IT –> FOOD I DIG” category.
On another note…I had an awesome night of grocery shopping, no joke! I found some awesome deals at Natural Grocers and Whole Foods. Plus I think I saved about $10 with WF coupons. Rock on! The best deal was that WF had the 16oz Oikos on sale for $3.99 and I had THREE $1 off coupons. $2.99 for three tubs..heck yes!
I think I need more cornbread. Niiiiiiiiiight!
~Ashley
Reader Comments (32)
The cornbread is looking real good!! Some honey or maple butter we be a nice compliment ;)
I LOVE Amy's Soups but the ones that suck, REALLY suck. The vegetable barley is one of them. So is the Tuscan Bean and Rice. My favorites are the Lentil Vegetable (my favorite canned soup of all time), Letil, Black Bean Vegetable and Minestrone. YUM! The chilis are also TERRIFIC as is the Lentil Dal. I haven't tried *every* soup yet, though. But yeah, the barley one is truly awful.
Sorry about the failed day on eats. I hate when my eats are all over the place and it takes a few tries to get it right on. But I am just like you, I will NEVER compromise the flavor. I'd rather just toss it and move on to the next thing until I find a winner. Food is too important not to love! :)
Have you tried Amy's Chunky Tomato or Split Pea? These ones are much better in my opinion.
Great deals tonight at the store! Love a successful shopping trip.
Have a great day hun!
I had a convo with a friend on who disappointed we are in canned soups. There just isn't a single one out there that I enjoy! AND YES...that metal taste...UGH!
Way to not let the soup bring ya down and make a rockin fabulous cornbread! We have quinoa at least 3 times a week so now I can impress the fiance with another dish! He might just fall in love with you. :)
I have to agree with you about Amy's Soups...I have pretty much been tainted by them since I tried her No-Chicken Noodle way back in 2007. NEVER AGAIN.
However, I'm surprised you didn't like the roasted red pepper and tomato! I don't mind that one - but I do find I can never fininsh the carton once I open it. I can only eat it once or twice and then it's too sweet/creamy/strong.....meh. I tried a Pacific Foods Almond Milk last week...it was friggin GROSS. And it CURDLED in my coffee. And my tea. Now THAT is a fail.
Anywho....great idea on adding quinoa to the cornbread!
I'm with you on the Amy's soups, I tried the same kind you had, and it went into the garbage, I'm now trying out another brand of organic soup, simply because sometimes all you want to do is have a quick meal out of a can because your so busy.
Mmm, I love me some egg and cheese sammies! I had one for breakfast only I used a hard boiled egg white, hard boiled whole egg and cheddar on whole wheat! It's so savory and satisfying isn't it? Awesome shopping deals, I LOVE shopping days like that! :)
funny you should write about the roasted red pepper and tomato soup. I also HATED it. After one bite I dumped the entire container down the drain...it was nasty! I do love the creamy tomato soup by Pacific, though.
Your dogs are adorable! :)
That egg sandwich looks delicious, yep I might need to have eggs today!
Great photography also! You really have a good eye for it. Have you taken classes or are you self taught?
What's up with your soup FAILs??? Depressing!
That cornbread looks/sounds delicious. And yes, you are the only person/family to top it with maple syrup. Honey goes on cornbread, honey. ;)
And I loooove eggs with a little gooeyness. I'm going to try your crazy looking method ASAP.
Quinoa corn bread? Brilliant! You are so persistent in the kitch! All of your eats look great but you nailed it with that sammie.
sweet recipe! i'm still on the lookout for great quinoa stuff to make, and i really like this one! i might add jalapenos or chiles or something to spice it up a little :) ALSO, i think i'm going to make the quinoa/chard thing you made the other day!
What a shame about BOTH soups! Particularly the Amy's soup because they are sooo expensive! That corn bread looks delicious!
Yeah I might just return the others...blah
Awesome idea...the cornbread is definitely a blank canvas! It would be good with a lot of different mix-ins!
I repeated the sammie for breakfast...i'm about to become obsessed :)
Dude..you don't know what you're missing...try maple syrup!! The bread is good...and dangerous...good thing its really healthy!
Thank you for the compliments!!! No I haven't gotten to take any classes yet...that would be fun though. I just picked up my husband's camera and started playing with it this past September. I'm having so much fun :)
ooo yum with the hard boiled! mmmm
I don't know something about the flavors were weird to me! Eeek...unless I just still had the onion/metal/fish taste in my mouth, lol. Do you normally like almond milk? Pacific is my favorite!!! Dairy Free milks generally do not do well in coffee or tea!!!!
Hahaha ;)
I have heard about a few good Amy's soup. I think I have a can of the tomato and I heard the lentil is good....I might just return them though!
Great post! I've been having this weird problem where I can't access your site by just typing in the URL; I can only access it from Reader, like, click on specific posts. I am probably missing something really obvious, but anyone else?
Yeah, I haven't been too thrilled with Amy's soups...and I've been wondering for so long about the red pepper one! Now I know. I just finished scrambled eggs w/ spinach for lunch. I'm pretty sure I could eat eggs (quiche or scrambled are my faves) three times a day. THE BEST. Annnnd, yay for GF cornbread!!! Love the quinoa addition!
I've been looking for a tasty cornbread, and now thanks to you, my prayers have been answered!
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BLECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt makes his eggs like that :)
oh boo on the soup fail. I have to try the quinoa cornbread. That looks amazing.
I do normally like almond milk...in fact, I heart almond milk! I normally buy Almond Breeze unsweetened vanilla. I LOVE the taste and it doesn't curdle in coffee/tea. Maybe I just had a bad batch of the Pacific Stuff? Sitting on the shelf in the store too long perhaps? Yikes! :S
As a southern girl, I love cornbread, so I will definitely try that out. I love to put jalapenos or chilies and cilantro in mine to give it a kick.
I have that can of Amy's in the pantry. I'll promptly add it to the donation pile. Metal fish. ew.
This sammy looks amazing; I'm going to try that for breakfast tomorrow...thanks Ash.
Have a great weekend!
Welcome...mmmmm I could eat one of those anytime of the day! ;)
LOL, love your comment about the amy's ;)