Quinoa Tabbouleh

The best part about this quinoa tabbouleh is not that it is delicious AND healthy; but you can make it in advance and it will stay just as good if not BETTER as the day you made it!

Taboulé au Quinoa ILIOS

Ingredients:

1 cup of ILIOS quinoa 1 cup diced tomatoes 1 cup chopped parsley 1/4 cup chopped mint 1/2 cup diced red onion

1/2 cup red wine vinegar

3 tbsp lime juice

1 tsp kosher salt

To boil quinoa:

1L water

2 tbsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp turmeric

Recipe:

1. Bring the water, salt and turmeric to a boil in a medium sized pot.

2. Once boiling, add the quinoa and cook for 12 minutes. Strain and allow to cool.

3. Dice the red onion and place in a small pot with the red wine vinegar. Bring to a boil and cook for 4 minutes. Strain and reserve the onion. 

4. Dice the onion and chop the herbs.

5. Mix all ingredients into a bowl with lemon juice and salt.

6. Let marinate an hour or two before serving.

Mushroom Gnocchi

Who doesn't love and crave a good old-fashioned comfort meal sometimes. This mushroom gnocchi is the perfect dish for a cold, rainy night and is super quick to prepare. Your whole family will love you for it!

ILIOS Foods Mushroom Gnocchi

Ingredients:

1 tbsp of ILIOS olive oil

1 pack of original, mini, mushroom or whole wheat ILIOS gnocchi

10-12 cremini mushrooms (sliced)

optional: we also used shitake mushrooms because, why not?!

2-3 cloves of garlic (minced)

2 cups of ILIOS spinach

1/3 cup of dry white wine

1 cup of heavy cream

1/2 cup parmesan cheese (grated)

salt & pepper to taste

Recipe:

1) Start by adding the olive oil to a skillet on medium-high heat. Add the garlic and mushrooms and cook for approx 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

2) Add the white wine and let it bubble for about a minute.

3) Add the cream and gnocchi. Wait until it starts to bubble again and then cover the skillet and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook for about 3 minutes.

4) Add the spinach to the skillet, cover, and then continue cooking for 3 minutes.

5) Stir in the parmesan, salt and pepper. The gnocchi should be soft. If not, keep cooking for another few minutes.

6) Enjoy!!!

Quinoa & Tomato Salad

It's summer! Can we all just pause and take a moment to appreciate what that means?! No more winter boots, no more bulky coats, no more scraping a thick layer of ice off your car in the morning. We know it won't last forever but boy oh boy does it feel good!

In honour of this beautiful season, we want to showcase some of the beautifully fresh veggies and herbs it brings with our Quinoa and Tomato Salad.

This is a hearty and healthy salad that the whole family is sure to enjoy!

ILIOS Foods Quinoa & Tomato Salad

Ingredients:

4 cups of cherry tomatoes (halved)

1/2 cup of fresh basil (chopped)

1 cup of bocconcini pearls

3 cloves of garlic (chopped)

3 tbsp of ILIOS olive oil

1.5 tbsp of balsamic vinegar

1.5 cups of ILIOS quinoa

salt & pepper (to taste)

Recipe:

1) Start by cooking your quinoa. Use the 2:1 ratio (for 1.5 cups of quinoa, cook in 3 cups of water.)

Optional: cook in a vegetable broth for extra flavour

2) Once quinoa is cooked, put in fridge to cool

3) Chop up your tomatoes, basil and garlic and set aside.

4) Once quinoa is cool, add to large bowl along with bocconcini cheese, tomatoes, basil and garlic.

5) Add olive oil and balsamic vinegar

6) Sprinkle with salt and pepper

7) Mix it all up and enjoy!

Check out our video for step-by step instructions: