Welcome to our Healthy Living/Recipe exchange BLOG!

Hey everyone - we thought it would be fun to have healthy living/recipe exchange BLOG.  We are forever making copies of recipes and talking about the things we do to help make our lives (and our families) healthier - so what a great way to share those ideas and comment!  Hope you enjoy!!!!

Here is the first recipe - I made Quinoa "Mac-n-Cheese ".  Macklin (5yrs old) loved it so much he asked me to pack some in his lunch the next day!!!

You'll need:

1 ½ cups Quinoa

Chicken broth

Veggies (I added carrots and zucchini but would add broccoli next time too) 

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 large eggs

1 cup skim milk

2 cups shredded cheese (my hubby said it could have been a bit "cheesier")

2 cups corn flakes, crushed

2 T. butter, melted

Cholula (hot sauce) or salsa, optional

Directions:

1. Sautee the veggies and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook quinoa in 3 cups of chicken broth. I cook mine in my rice cooker.
3. Whisk the eggs and milk in a large bowl.
4. Fold in quinoa, veggies, cheese, garlic, salt & pepper.
5. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking pan.
6. Mix together the crushed corn flakes and melted butter and sprinkle on top of the quinoa mixture.
7. Bake for 30-35 minutes and top with Cholula!