We had picked up granola at the farmers' market on the weekend, and I've been using it in yogurt parfaits, along with mocha coconut quinoa, Greek yogurt with a few drops of liquid vanilla stevia, and fresh fruit (strawberries and Saskatoon berries).
This is my recipe for the mocha coconut quinoa:
Mocha Coconut Quinoa
(use cold in yogurt bowls/ parfaits)
3/4 cup coconut milk
1/3 cup water
2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2 pinches cocoa
1 tsp instant espresso powder
Rinse quinoa in a fine mesh strainer. Put quinoa, and all other ingredients in a small pot, and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook 15 minutes. If it's too soupy after 15 minutes, then give it another minute or two. Remove from heat, leave covered, and let sit for a few minutes. Once cooled, put in a container and keep in the fridge for use in delicious breakfasts.
This will make quite a bit. I had two parfaits, and Christopher's been eating the quinoa as is, along with a side of fruit for his breakfasts.
Enjoy!
Another cooling, refreshing thing I've been enjoying is iced tea from David's Tea. I picked up a few packets of their iced tea blends, and made a peach one recently.
When Christopher came home for lunch on both Monday and Tuesday, I served up this Asian noodle bowl:
We were feeling noodly on Monday evening as well, so we made a Thai, beef noodle dish, with a red, coconut curry sauce.
We loosely followed this recipe. The leftovers were lunch today.
And, I'll leave you with this cute lil' guy:
When we were at Bulk Barn on the weekend we saw chocolate-covered, banana gummy bears! We had never heard of such a thing, so we had to buy a few to give them a try. They're pretty good as far as candy goes (I'm not a candy person).
How's your week going so far? Is it hot where you are?
Do you like candy? Gummy bears?
