If you’re like me, you have tons of others blogger’s recipes bookmarked and have taken place in every blogging craze from pumpkin oats to banana froyo.

If you’re like me, you’ve learned of new foods through blogging and have expanded your vocabulary by including words such as quinoa and kabocha.

If you’re like me, you try to infiltrate these health superfoods into your diet as much as possible.

Quinoa is a tough one for me. It is SUPER healthy but the taste, in my opinion, is mediocre. I’ve learned that I much prefer it as a breakfast food than a dinner side. Some facts about this superfood:

• Although usually considered a grain, quinoa is actually related to leafy greens such as spinach.
• It was once considered “the Gold of the Incas” for increasing the stamina of Incan warriors
• Is high in protein AND is a complete protein (includes all 9 essential amino acids)
• Is also a good source of manganese, magnesium, iron, copper, and phosphorus

Tip: Rinse quinoa well before cooking or it retains a bitter taste.

I cooked 1/2 a cup of quinoa in 1 cup of almond milk and a tsp of vanilla. Then I mixed in chia seeds and sprinkled almonds and blueberries on top.

I was at work for lunch. Luckily, my Mom had asked my Nana (grandmother) to bring a salad to dinner the night before. She ended up bringing a small salad for like 8 of us so I got to save it for lunch yesterday.

It had SO much in it: chickpeas, spinach, lettuce, carrots, olives, peppers, onions…

Then I finished off with dessert. Cassandra had brought me in a piece of homemade cheesecake. It was amazing. I loved the chocolate crust! Cheesecake should always have a chocolate crust

I’ve been eye-ing up these portobello’s in my fridge for almost a week now so last night I decided to do something about it. They looked the perfect size for stuffed mushrooms so I looked up a recipe on Recipezaar and decided on Crab Stuffed Mushrooms. I figured I’d keep going with my seafood streak.

I served them over a bed of spinach. They turned out really yummy but filling. I actually only ate two and decided to save two for my Mom. She doesn’t like seafood but I don’t think she’ll even notice the crab

Now it’s off to work today and tomorrow. Then Sunday I want to go see Shutter Island, but it’s rating on Rotten Tomatoes keeps going down. It was in the 80s and now it’s in the 60s, and it didn’t even come out yet. I hope it’s good!

Have a great weekend!!

Question: Are you like me? What’s a food you learned about thanks to the blog world?