Natures dinner hour

Okay so last night I got to do something I have never done. I cooked an entire meal using whole foods and natural seasonings. Although it seemed daunting, it was soooooo worth it. It was delicious!!! I recently just started making my dogs homemade food upon discovering how DISGUSTING commercial dog food is. The recipes are quite easy and it helps my one dog who seems to have a food allergy to grains!! Hilarious now neither one of us can have wheat! so as not to start this without LOTS of research, I read a book. It's called pet food nation. I didn't know whether to vomit or cry afterwards. So gross what we were feeding them. It's really all commercial food unless it is holistic and very hard to find. In Syracuse you can get holistic food at dog daze in north Syracuse. Great great products and helpful knowledgeable staff. Anyhow when I started to make their food it was very easy, fun, and very natural.so the reason I bring this up is because it gave me a lot of ideas regarding how veggies go together with one another without needing a lot of spices to taste good.these dogs eat this food like they have never seen food before. Inhaling it literally. So now without fear I will be chopping, pureeing, steaming and grating veggies all day. Last night this was the menu.

Ancient red quinoa

1 tbsp wegmans garlic and thyme basting oil.
1 cup uncooked quinoa
2 cups organic vegetable broth
2 pressed large garlic cloves
Pinch red pepper flakes
Pinch of horseradish root seasoning I picked up at hafners
(dried horseradish root,dried onion,dried chives,dehydrated lem juice)
2tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
Tiny pinch of salt/. (1/8 tsp)
Whole fresh scallion finely chopped
Dash of fresh lemon juice

Start by heating up the tbsp of basting oil and then add the uncooked quinoa and stir constantly over med heat for about five mins to toast the quinoa. Stir in both and cover and simmer on low for about fifteen minutes or until quinoa is tender. No need to drain. Just add cooked quinoa to a bowl with parsley, thyme, garlic, red pepper, horseradish seasoning,salt, and scallions. Toss together and squeeze half a lemon over top and serve.

If you didn't know quinoa pronounced key-noa is a nutritional powerhouse. It is a wheat free grain and contains the most protein of any grain. It is considered an ancient grain and is well tolerated by most everyone. I do use the quinoa (plain) of course in my homemade dog foods well. Since it also contains a good amount of lysine, it is a complete protein. There are a million ways to make quinoa so happy cooking!!