Thursday, August 16, 2012

Curried Quinoa & Millet w/Vegetables

It's been awhile since my last post.  Lots going on.  I've found out more about my condition.  Fibromyalgia is so complex because many of the symptoms mimics other conditions.  And, just last year, did I find out it has many layers to address!  I kind of knew this but when you are the one feeling the myriads of symptoms day in and day out, it's really difficult to pinpoint where all the symptoms are coming from.  Doesn't help I get fibro fog every now and then!  Even as I'm typing this post, I have to read it over and over again to make sure I am making sense!  Ha!  You can let me know ;-)

But I am looking up and confident as my doctors, specialists and I team up to address the many layers, I will continue to heal.  Taking it one day at a time!

In the meantime, here's a recipe I came up with as I didn't have time to look one up!  Story of my life    ;-)... lately anyway!  By the way, do your best to get local and organic produce.  Much more nutritious and tasty than conventional (which is 0 nutrition).

INGREDIENTS

- 1 cup of millet and 1 cup of quinoa* (soaked in filtered water and drained.  Optional:  You can sprout after draining.)
- 4 cloves of garlic (you can add more if you like)
- 1/2 chopped yellow onion
- thumb size chopped ginger
- 3 sliced organic red potatoes
- 1/2 chopped red bell pepper
- 1/2 sliced large jalapeno
- organic curry (to taste)
- 1/2 cup of organic coconut milk (I use SoDelicious)
- Himalayan sea salt (1/2 tsp or more to your liking)
- black pepper (1/4 tsp)

*Note:  Technically, millet and quinoa are not true grains, but seeds.  Check out the links below for further information.

http://chetday.com/quinoa.html
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=53

STEP 1

Make sure the millet and quinoa grains are completely drained .  Heat pan for 1-2 min.

STEP 2

Toss in the red potatoes and pour 1/2 cup of filtered water into pan.  Let it simmer for 15 min or until you can poke a hole in the chopped potatoes and water has evaporated.  Add the drained millet and quinoa.  Let it sit for another 10 min or until the grains are semi-translucent.  The mille

STEP 3

Then toss in the rest of the ingredients and turn the temperature to low heat.  Sautee for 5 min.  DO NOT cook the vegetables!  All you are doing is softening the vegetables.  Cooking it will take away all the nutrients, enzymes, etc.

The end result should be a colorful, delicious dish still packed with nutrition!