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Quinoa Side Dish with Pine Nuts, Green Onions, and Cilantro. The quinoa is sauteed in oil for a few minutes before it’s cooked in chicken or vegetable stock, and then a generous amount of toasted pine nuts and chopped green onion and a little chopped cilantro is stirred in before it’s eaten warm.
Quinoa is a high-protein, good-for-you grain. It can be substituted for couscous and makes a lovely side dish. This recipe is a crunchy, lemony, healthy dish that can be used as a side or as a light meal.
Quinoa is a high-protein seed which is eaten as a grain. This Quinoa Side Dish with Pine Nuts, Green Onions, and Cilantro would be approved for phase 2 or 3 of the South Beach Diet. Quinoa is relatively high in carbs, even though it’s also rich in protein and has fiber.
Quinoa is only appropriate on a low-carb or ketogenic diet if: 1 You are following a targeted ketogenic diet (TKD) 2 You are following a cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD) 3 Your total carb intake for the day including the quinoa does not exceed 50 grams of carbs