Thursday, July 26, 2012

Quinua and Bean Salad

Hello World! Please bare with me as I very slowly, carefully and cautiously dip one toe into this world known to all as Blogging.
Without talking way to much more about it let me actually jump into it head first, since that's what I do best.

Today, I am at home. I am listening to one of my favorite stations on pandora which I called CSS station, but its got so many other fun artists on it! Let me see if I can share it with you all now..... Pandora Radio: Nina's CSS station share

While I listen to this station, I am also studying for my CPT, Certificate of Personal Training from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), exam which is coming up within the next month, . Currently, I am working through Chapter 20 which is how to Develop a successful personal training business. Don't get to excited! My study guide is Not following in the order of the textbook. :/ But! so far the studying is going well and even though I am taking a break from it to write my first blog post, I am thoroughly enjoying studying for this field.

I decided to start writing now because in a few minutes I will be cooking. I love to cook! I will be making a Quinua, black sesame seed and black and kidney bean salad. I will also make baked kale chips and grill up some veggies. Once I am done I will post a picture and the recipe.

Beans are still hard after a full night of soaking...something I wasn't prepared for..so what i read online was that you can simmer the beans for an hour with the same or similar spices...lets see what happens....
By the way, its also my first time making kale chips...less light olive oil next time around! :-)
It took me about 2 hours to make everything on this dish.

I am going to show you that you can make it look how you wish. Either layering one on top of the other or mixing everything together. Have fun with your food! make it your own creation! :-)
After all, it all goes down and digests the same.



Best part are all the left overs!!

Here is the link to the salad:   Quinua and Black Bean Salad

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