I think one of the biggest questions people have about Insanity is what to eat.  This is especially important to me because of 2 reasons:

  1. I am not a meat eater (I do eat seafood, but outside of that I am a vegetarian)
  2. I am trying to add some weight and put on a bit of muscle

So, I have been looking for some recipes that are high in protein and healthy for me that are vegetarian.  I recently learned about quinoa (pronounced like keen-wah).  Quinoa is a grain-like crop that is grown for it’s seeds primarily.  It is these seeds that you are eating when you buy quinoa.  It actually looks similar to cous cous and can be used as a substitute for rice.  The great thing about quinoa is that it is very high in protein packing in about 14g in a cooked cup.

Recently, my wife turned me on to this incredible vegetarian recipe website called 101 cookbooks.  You will spend hours there looking over all of the recipes!  They are all super healthy and vegetarian.  So I went there and found this recipe for Double Broccoli Quinoa and we gave it a try.  It is great!  The sauce is almost like a pesto and it is full of flavor.  You can modify the ingredients to your liking.  I ate it as a main dish, but I would think this would be a great side dish as well.

Try it out and tell me what you think!

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