Coconut Quinoa Spinach Salad and Bacon, Avocado, & Tomato Club Sandwiches

Coconut Quinoa Spinach Salad

Coconut Quinoa Spinach Salad

I love a good salad  and Sprouted Kitchen’s Coconut Quinoa + Spinach Salad is delicious! So many flavors – raw spinach, quinoa cooked in coconut milk, shallots cooked in coconut oil, pistachios, pomegranate, and a lemon-thyme dressing. Fresh and perfect for the hot weather we’re having right now in Belgium! Although there aren’t too many ingredients it still takes time to make. First, I had to open all of the pistachio shells. Second, I never realized how hard it is to get all of the arils (the red drops holding the seeds) loose from the fruit. Normally I press the pomegranate for its juice and I wasn’t even sure you could eat the whole aril but luckily I have access to the internet and found out via Live Strong that not only are they edible but nutritious.

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Fully-Loaded Spring Samosas with Sweet n’ Spicy Mint Chutney

Fully-Loaded Spring Samosas with Sweet n’ Spicy Mint Chutney

Fully-Loaded Spring Samosas with Sweet n’ Spicy Mint Chutney

Ever since I saw this recipe on My New Roots, I have been dying to try it! I finally found the time on a day off to make the Fully-Loaded Spring Samosas with Sweet n’ Spicy Mint Chutney. The filling, the coconut on top, the mint chutney (the sauce especially!), everything was so flavorful and delicious!

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Goat Cheese, spinach, and tomato quiche (with a potato crust)

Goat cheese, spinach, and tomato quiche (with a potato crust)

Goat cheese, spinach, and tomato quiche (with a potato crust)

While my parents were over, I wanted to make a breakfast quiche. I asked what I should make and in the end spinach and tomatoes won. I had never made a spinach and tomato quiche, so after searching through recipes, I found this one from Prevention RD which is with goat cheese and a potato crust.

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