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Tater Tots for a Balanced Meal?!

Healthy creamy pasta sauce anyone? ...coming soon!
Best, cheapest, healthiest, easiest refried beans ever! ...coming soon!

AND did you ever think that tater tots could be a well-balanced, delicious, and fun MEAL?!


TATER TOTS (without potatoes!)
Note: potatoes aren't unhealthy, but quinoa and beans are MUCH more NUTRITIONALLY dense!

Chocolate Covered Katie introduced these tots which she found in an awesome cookbook by Julie Morris:

This is what I did:

  1. Started cooking 1/2 c quinoa (in 1 1/2 c water, 2:1 ratio) to get 2 cups cooked (1c dry quinoa = 4 c cooked!)
  2. Drained, rinsed and mashed a can of white beans (you could reserve some juice in case dough needs moisture)
  3. Diced one small onion (about 1/2 c)
  4. Added 1/4 c each: sesame seeds, ground flaxseed, and brown rice OR whole wheat flour
  5. 1 Tbsp soy sauce (or you could use 1-2 Tbsp miso)
  6. Combine quinoa, beans, onion, dry ingredients, and soy sauce.
  7. Form into balls, rolls (then sliced for tots!), or patties.
  8. You can brown on a pan on the stove or bake in the oven (baking doesn't look as much like usual tater tots).
  9. Top with mustard for another health boost!


The way I describe above is a double batch of the original, with a few other slight changes.

You can freeze some for later (though when I make them, I can hardly get them off the pan before they are gobbled up by all!).

Note: this pan is gone now.
I didn't use it much because of the dangers of Teflon.
I got a new pan I'll be sharing soon!
HERE is Julie's book:

Click on book to see in Amazon!

COMMENTS: would you rather see dried beans SIMPLIFIED, or Creamy Avocado Pasta next?

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Addictive Snack, Take Two!

This is a healthier variation of Perfectly Addicting Snack!  Enter quinoa!  

QUINOA is:

~ A very healthy WHOLE GRAIN, so it's rich in many nutrients, phytochemicals, and fiber!
~ Easy and FAST to prepare ...just like rice.  In particular, it cooks faster than brown rice, done in about 15 minutes!

Quinoa is moist like cottage cheese, and sort of has a similar texture, with none of the saturated fat! 
Organic cottage cheese is a great option, however, there is only regular cottage cheese sold at Costco, so that choice that we currently compromise for the cost and convenience.
It tastes like pasta, similar to those tiny Italian pasta stars, pastini!...only it's a whole grain!


Quinoa prepared (Costco sells a big bag!)
Trader Joe's Lemon Pepper with attached grinder
Hemp seeds
Chick peas (optional)

COMMENTS: What are you doing this weekend?  Buying hemp seeds!  You can get them in the bulk food section of Whole Foods, or get organic from www.amazon.com!

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Grains Galore -- Grab Something New Now!

Looking for healthy GRAINS?

There are SO very many delicious options!

Bran, buckwheat, whole wheat orzo, Barilla Plus pasta, whole wheat couscous,
quinoa, wild rice, rye flakes, farro  grain, wheat germ, Mama Mary's whole wheat pizza crust.

If you take a chance at stepping away from Wonder Bread and regular, white pasta and rice,
there is SO much available!!

READ here about WHAT to LOOK for on BREAD LABELS!


Here are posts including these some of GREAT GRAIN options!



Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal (omit chocolate from recipe)





Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Cinnamon Raisin Bread (any Ezekiel bread is awesome!)





Better Baking Breadcrumbs can be added to any dish!

Gluten-Free Grains (click on link for many gluten-free grains)

NUTRITIOUS and GLUTEN-FREE GRAINS: amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa, and teff
Great Grains are great for energy -- read more on EATING for ENERGY!

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