In Italian Arancini mean “Little Oranges”. Although, in some regions of Italy Arancini have conical shape, and in others – they are called just “Rice Balls”. I love Arancini, and the results of experimenting with Quinoa are below.
Tag: Side Dish
Quinoa Pilaf
This dish offers a plethora of health benefits. Quinoa is a rare food that contains all nine essential amino acids, makes aa complete protein source.
Kale Rolls
Food Chemistry magazine has fascinating research articles on Kale. I have been reading through a few to find what the best ways of cooking or storing Kale are. The ways that would allow me to preserve the most antioxidants and antioxidant activity. It seems obvious that boiling of vegetables leads to nutritional value loss. This…
Mung Bean Sprouts Salad
Mung Beans In the last post we shared that mung beans help lower high cholesterol. However, there are more benefits of mung beans. Mung beans contain protease inhibitors, a type of chemical that is used in antiviral drugs to treat HIV. Protease inhibitors block and prevent formation of tumor cells and slow the replication of certain cancers such as breast cancer. I also…
Coconut Mung Beans
Mung Beans Mung beans are part of the legume family and are a good source of protein. Like all legumes, mung beans are very high in soluble dietary fibre. Foods rich in soluble dietary fibres are shown to help lower LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) by encouraging the production of LDL receptors that are responsible for…
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