Raw Summer Salad!

1 cup uncooked spinach

1 small-med sized red beet, shredded

1/3 yellow or orange pepper,vut into strips

fresh chives to taste, chopped

2 tbsps tahini (sesame seed paste - high levels of calcium and protien!)

1 tsp olive oil

Salt & Pepper to taste 

1 tbsp sesame seeds

Coconut Quinoa w/ Veggies & Peanut Sauce!

 1 cup cooked quinoa
-rinse first, boil on medium heat for approx 15 minutes (or until the ancient grain expands!)
***2 parts water to one part quinoa 

 QUINOA

in a frying pan:
1/4 spanish onion, chopped
3/4 cup broccoli, chopped
1/2 orange pepper
1/4 cup fresh coriander/cilantro (garden fresh, mmm!)
ginger/garlic stir fry sauce OR freshly choped garlic and giner to taste 
sprinkling of freshly ground pepper

fry in coconut oil

mix cooked ingredients with quinoa

add 1/2 tomato, chopped

serve hot or cold

yummy with peanut sauce on the side