Wednesday Lunch: Bulgur&Quinoa Salad. ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ๐ŸŒบ - Healthy Eating

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Wednesday Lunch: Bulgur&Quinoa Salad. ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ๐ŸŒบ

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Hello everyone, hope you have a wonderful rest of the day! ๐Ÿค—

Today I just made a simple bulgur and quinoa dish with my favorite veggies and herbs sautรฉed all together in a little bit of sesame oil and garlic sauce.

Main add-on ingredients: artichoke hearts, Brussels sprouts, grape tomatoes, red onions, cilantros and thin slice avocado.

Dessert: Chia jam.

As always, be inspired, be joyful, take a picture and Enjoy it! ๐Ÿ˜‹โค๏ธ

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Activity2004Administrator

Hi Koko,

Your salad looks and sounds delicious! I really like avocado on salads. Wish we had some here today.

I had a big salad with tuna, salad, Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing, black and green olives, walnuts and fake bacon bits.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

โ€ข in reply toActivity2004

Thank you Leah, you are so kind and lovely! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™Iโ€™m the same how avocado on salads bring everything together. ๐Ÿ‘ I usually get the big bag from Samโ€™s and pick the green ones because they get ripped soo quick.

Your big salad with tuna sounds so delicious! ๐Ÿ˜‹ I think for dinner, I will add some tuna in with this salad and it will make a completely different dish. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

I always use balsamic vinegar but I never tried Raspberry Vinaigrette dressing, Iโ€™ll get it my next grocery trip. You add black and green olives, fake bacon bits in your salad enhance the flavor of salad for sure, great combination. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

Do you crush your walnut or leave as is?

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Activity2004Administratorโ€ข in reply to

The walnuts are halves/pieces and the dressing also has walnuts in it. Really good! ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

Yes, we had gone to Samโ€™s Club before COVID started. Would like to see if itโ€™s possible in the next few months for avocados.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

โ€ข in reply toActivity2004

Perfect! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘ wow the dressing has walnuts in it must taste soo good. So far, I only tried: tahini, and poppy seeds dressing. I need to branch out more with salad dressing now. ๐Ÿ˜‹I hope you will get to go to Samโ€™s Club soon as they add more products now in my area. ๐Ÿ‘

What did you have for dessert tonight? ๐Ÿ˜‹

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Activity2004Administratorโ€ข in reply to

Dessert? Nothing, yet. Will let you know soon!๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

Yes, thereโ€™s walnuts in the dressing and it went well together with the salad in general.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅ—

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Sounds wonderful! Take your time and I know your dessert is always yummy all the time ๐Ÿ˜‹Yes I would love to try this dressing and get some more walnuts next time at my farmer market. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

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Activity2004Administratorโ€ข in reply to

That sounds good about the dressing. Enjoy!๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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Thank you very much Leah for your fantastic recommendations for me so far! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™

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Youโ€™re welcome! Glad I can help with any suggestions for any meals/snacks.๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

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Kainan

Koko that's literally summer in a bowl. Love all the vibrant colors and how they pop! It must be an explosion of flavors for your palate

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Awe Kainan thank you very much for saying that! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™With this expression, I think you can have a second career as writing for bonappetite ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘

Yes i enjoyed it very much and I hope you had a great dinner as well. ๐Ÿ˜‹

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Kainanโ€ข in reply to

Aw thanks for the compliment. That does sound very interesting. My dinner was top heavy unlike yours :DD

โ€ข in reply toKainan

Youโ€™re welcome Kainan. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘ Hmmm I guess you have very fast metabolism, it will burn quick.

Have a good rest of the evening! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan star

That looks really beautiful - so healthy and bursting with flavour ๐Ÿ™ƒ

โ€ข in reply toKitten-whiskers

Aweee thank you very much Debs! ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ™

I did enjoy it and I had your fantastic veggies meal post in mind, how delicious they were๐Ÿ˜‹

It is gloomy and drizzling of rain over here. It is quite nice and cool, much better than the heat the past few days. ๐Ÿ˜…

I hope you stay safe and well.

Have a wonderful rest of the day Debs! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan starโ€ข in reply to

I don't think I could compete with that - it looks so lovely ๐Ÿ˜‹

Glad its a bit cooler, we are supposed to get heavy rain and thunder tomorrow ....... mind you it will freshen things up

Best wishes

Debs

โ€ข in reply toKitten-whiskers

Awe Debs, youโ€™re too humble. I love all your food posts, so tasty and healthy esp your summer salad so amazing. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘Yes, things always are freshened up after the rain. California has experienced the drought for so many years already. They actually discovered a crashed airplane in 1965 at the bottom of Folsom lake. ๐Ÿ˜…

You stay inside safely with the heavy rain and thunderstorms. A nice cup of hot chocolate or tea will be so great! ๐Ÿค—

Take care Debs, ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ

Koko

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan starโ€ข in reply to

Thats very sweet of you to say ๐Ÿ˜ I did get an unsavoury comment about my salad - thats why I haven't been posting up, thankfully Admin deleted it sharpish.

I just had a read about Folsom Lake, so sad what happened. Non stop rain here so far, floods are forcast.

I have just seen your photo of your cats, awwww - they are so adorable - please give them cuddles from me ๐Ÿ˜€

Best wishes

Debs

โ€ข in reply toKitten-whiskers

Aweee Debs, you know we love you and value your amazing food posts. Yes, it was ignorant comment and i am glad it got removed. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘ We are here to support and encourage each other to have healthy mind and body. Please donโ€™t let this stop you from posting your wonderful meals that you put so much care and thoughts into them, I am one of your biggest fan Debs. ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

Sonya and Lucy love and appreciate your cuddles, they are really sweet and follow me around in the house. ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜ป

I hope you keep yourself safe and well during this time of rain and flood. The sun will come out soon and the air is going to be so fresh!

Have a good night and sweet dreams Debs! ๐Ÿ˜‡๐ŸŒบ

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan starโ€ข in reply to

You cats sound so adorable, they certainly look it ๐Ÿ˜Š your very kind and very sweet, I am unsure whether i will post again, I didn't see the full reply but I know this same person was not nice to a person that has left HU entirely.

Best wishes

Debs

โ€ข in reply toKitten-whiskers

Awee Debs, please reconsider posting again. We need posters like you with such bright and kind soul in HE community. โค๏ธ Yes I know it is very unfortunate and I experienced their chaos too but it is completely over now. Itโ€™s nothing but positive and supportive now. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

They are my fur babies that I spoil them every minute. ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ป

Much love and support to you Debs! ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ

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Kitten-whiskersAdministratorVegan starโ€ข in reply to

Your fur babies look very spoilt and why not - they are adorable, I was the same with my little ones ๐Ÿ˜ Your very kind and sweet and your right, I have been getting quite a bit of aggro from my Ex, and this just was the final straw

Bless you koko ๐Ÿ™ƒ

โ€ข in reply toKitten-whiskers

Aweee thank you Debs and Much love and lights to you! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ

I had a late snack lunch today due to having a lunchtime interview of a chicken paste sandwich as I didn't fancy anything heavy.

Baby is well and is grumbling about the heat with bad tempered meows!

How's Sonya and Lucy?

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Hi Catgirl1976, I hope your interview went well.๐Ÿค—

Your chicken paste sandwich for lunch sounds soo good ๐Ÿ˜‹

Iโ€™m sorry to hear Baby is having a hard time with the heat. I have to have my fan on for Sonya and Lucy. They are looking at me and my crepes now, I think they want some ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ

Hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! ๐ŸŒบ

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Is Lucy a bossy boots as at my last job a colleague had a very bossy white cat called Elvis who would pick on her other cats.

Elvis had green eyes and is it true that the blue eyed white cats are deaf?

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Oh Lucy is very sweeet girl, she is not bossy at all. ๐Ÿ˜ป Hahah Elvis is a great name for a green eyes kitty with attitude ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘

No Lucy is not deaf at all. She comes when I open tuna can and she responds very well. ๐Ÿ˜ป

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Fran182716Prediabeticโ€ข in reply to

Your cats are just gorgeous ๐Ÿ˜€

โ€ข in reply toFran182716

Aweeeee thank you very much Fran182716! ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜ป! I share them my salmon and tuna meals. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘

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ZazenRiver345

Mmmm those tomatoes look magnificent. Sauteed to perfection๐Ÿ‘Œ. Another all around healthy nutritious meal๐Ÿ™๐Ÿค—.

โ€ข in reply toZazenRiver345

Awe thank you Zazen! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

Iโ€™m glad you like this. I love these grape tomatoes and sautรฉ veggies. ๐Ÿ˜‹

Itโ€™s definitely something you can make too. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘

Enjoy your day! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ

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Zest

Hi Hidden

That is an incredibly gorgeous looking meal - and so full of healthy ingredients - I love it! Bursting with colour and so many delicious things. Yum!

Zest :-)

โ€ข in reply toZest

Hi Zest, Thank you very much for saying this about my meal, I really appreciate that! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ™

I hope you have a good Friday so far and a wonderful weekend ahead! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™๐ŸŒบ

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