These Spinach Artichoke Quinoa Bites bring the perfect balance of cheesy deliciousness mixed and healthy, protein-packed goodness you can feel good about eating. I have absolutely no idea why, but the combination of spinach and artichoke always reminds me of Valentine’s Day. Maybe I had a spinach artichoke pizza one year on February 14th or …
Quinoa Bites
Cheesy Bacon Quinoa Bites are a healthy bite-sized snack full of protein & make for a perfect game day appetizer or make-ahead lunch. Pin this recipe for later! Cheese and bacon are a little bit like magical fairy dust. It’s one of those winning combinations that can take something ordinary (like a hamburger) and transform …
These protein-packed quinoa bites bursting with apples and sweet cinnamon are a healthy & delicious make-ahead breakfast. My sweet niece, Brianna (she’s 6), is still in that stage where I am her cool aunt. I kind of hope this phase carries on forever, but even if it doesn’t, I am soaking it up while it …
Quinoa bites are my most popular recipes, so here are all of your questions answered – everything you want to know about making quinoa bites. What is a quinoa bite exactly? It’s one of my absolute favorite ways to use quinoa! It’s basically like making a flavorful tater tot using quinoa instead of potato. They …
These cheesy zucchini quinoa bites use shredded zucchini and mozzarella cheese it to make a bite-sized, protein-packed healthy snack. Pin This Recipe For Later! This is the recipe that won over my quinoa-hating sister. That in itself is a pretty big deal! She has been wary of my quinoa bites since the beginning since she …
Turkey Quinoa Bites are the perfect way to transform your Thanksgiving leftovers into a tasty and healthy, perfectly poppable protein-packed dish. Controversial topic of the day – leftovers. Do you love ’em? Hate ’em? Eat ’em? Toss ’em? Re-purpose ’em? Growing up, we always had some kind of leftover in the fridge at all times …
These Barbecue Chicken Quinoa Bites bring the flavors of a barbecue chicken pizza into a healthy & protein-packed bite kids and adults will love. Pin this recipe for later! While most people were watching the Superbowl yesterday, I was watching the movie, “Chef.” I’m not much of a sports fan, though I do love the …
These Tomato Basil Quinoa Bites use fresh basil & cherry tomatoes to make a perfectly poppable, protein-packed healthy snack or lunch. I do not have a green thumb. Pretty much everything plant-related suffers under my care. I’ve never even tried to garden because #1 – this is Tucson. Desert. Things come here to die. And …
You can learn how to cook quinoa, the protein-packed superfood you can use for healthy lunches, dinners, and snacks, in just a few simple steps. How to Cook Quinoa There are actually a million and one ways to cook quinoa. Just Google it and you’ll quickly find that you can use a rice cooker, a …
Fresh herbs and mozzarella come together with quinoa in these Cheesy Italian Herb Quinoa Bites to make this easy, cheesy healthy snack. The other day, it donned on me that I have already been living in my new house for a few weeks and I hadn’t baked any quinoa bites yet. Tragic! Unacceptable! And a …
This is the time of year(ish) when gardens are overrun with zucchini and people scramble for different ways they can use them up. I want to be one of those people, but I stink at gardening. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. I’ve never really tried gardening. 1) Because we live in the land of dirt …
There’s a tent in our dining room right now. We bought a really small, cheap tent to bond with our sugar gliders. In “tent bonding”, you’re supposed to climb into the tent with your sugar glider, then let them climb around in a safe environment and explore the tent and climb all over you to …
I finally checked this one off my to do list! It has been the object of my procrastination for half of January, but I have finally checked the box and am so glad I did! In the midst of some fast food runs and a few too many desserts, we were in dire need of …
After over a month of living primarily off of fast food, it is so refreshing to finally have a house full of fresh food again! And, the biggest bonus of all – we’re in our new house. Meaning, we actually have space. I have a fruit bowl. On the counter. And there’s still plenty of …
I’ve been attempting to eat our way through everything in our freezer recently so that I don’t have to move any of it over to the new house and it hasn’t exactly made for the healthiest meals. One night this week, we ate chicken nuggets, tater tots, and mozzarella bites for dinner. No joke. So, …
This quinoa bite combines black beans, corn, green chiles, and fresh cilantro to make a healthy southwestern snack or side dish. Earlier this year, I made a list of different flavors of quinoa bites I wanted to try to make. I added them to my “Things to Do This Summer” list. There were also organization …
Each protein-packed bite of this healthy snack is full of quinoa, ham, cheese, and chicken. No need to flatten chicken for this Chicken Cordon Bleu! It is officially my Spring Break now! Which means a week of serious Spring cleaning, cooking like mad, and running has just begun! See, I finally hit the 10 pounds …
I am a wimp when it comes to spice. Okay, I’m a wimp when it comes to other things, too. I can’t handle scary movies. Or books. I freak out when I see a cockroach. I can’t lift heavy things. But, in this case, my wimpy-ness came up because I can’t handle buffalo chicken. It …
These quinoa pizza bites are protein-packed bites that make for the perfect healthy snack for kids and game day snacks! In my opinion, these are, hands down, the best things I think I’ve ever cooked. Each bite is packed with pizza flavor and I can’t get enough of them! I brought a friend a few to try and they polished …
Have I mentioned that I am currently obsessed with bite-sized food? If I haven’t yet, I’m sure it will be quite obvious soon, seeing as this is the second “bite” recipe I’ve posted in a row with quite a few more to come. What can I say? Sometimes things just taste better in tiny, handheld, …
These cheesy quinoa bites make a great healthy snack for kids, make-ahead freezer meal, and the perfect healthy lunchbox food with lots of protein. A new year always brings new resolutions. And I do have new resolutions, but this would be the same resolution I’ve had pretty much every year that I can remember – …