25 Jun Red Quinoa with Mint, Endive & Cranberries – Gluten-free, dairy-free
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Tip MeRed Quinoa with Mint, Endive & Cranberries
Gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, vegetarian
Fast, easy and healthy, this will soon become your “go to” weeknight meal. Leftovers pack up well for lunch the next day!
VPK: Quinoa is a little drying and is great for Kapha and Pitta; vata should apply liberal amounts of the oil vinaigrette; Vata may also substitute “vata tamarind honey dressing”.
Quinoa contains sapponins. A May 2014 study by the journal of Food Science concluded that saponins have potential anti-inflammatory properties due to their ability to suppress the release of inflammatory cytokines. 1
Get the recipe in “The Essential Ayurvedic Cookbook” © by Lois Leonhardi.
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1 Journal of Food Science, 2014 May;79(5):H1018-23. doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.12425. Epub 2014 Apr 8. Anti-inflammatory activity of saponins from quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) seeds in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages cells by Yao Y, Yang X, Shi Z, Ren G. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24712559
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