I have a lot of cooked quinoa in the fridge because I’m vaguely following the Self Drop 10 plan this week and practically all the recipes call for quinoa. Like these quinoa-banana pancakes. And this quinoa edamame salad with carrot-ginger dressing. So I should definitely use quinoa for Greatist. Mmm, I haven’t had spaghetti sauce in ages. Tomato-quinoa arancini! With olives! Yeah, I should definitely use up those olives. But tomatoes plus olives makes me think of anchovies, why is that? Oh, puttanesca! That could work. But it can only have 8 ingredients to fit within Greatist requirements…”
And so on, and so forth. In the end, with only seven ingredients – quinoa, tomatoes, kalamata olives, garlic, anchovies, red pepper flakes, and spinach – this recipe totally rocked. It’s packed full of flavor and richness, while still being healthy. I mean, it has two superfoods in it (although, let’s be honest, almost everything seems to be a “superfood” these days), no dairy, and no gluten, and the only real source of fat is the olives, so it’s healthy fat. Plus, it’s easy and satisfying and just the right amount of spicy. Head on over to Greatist to check out the recipe!
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