Whole Grains Archives - Closet Cooking https://www.closetcooking.com/category/whole-grains/ Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. - I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen. Thu, 07 May 2026 17:35:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://www.closetcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Whole Grains Archives - Closet Cooking https://www.closetcooking.com/category/whole-grains/ 32 32 Curried Red Lentil Soup with Chickpeas and Quinoa https://www.closetcooking.com/curried-red-lentil-soup-with-chickpeas/ https://www.closetcooking.com/curried-red-lentil-soup-with-chickpeas/#comments Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/2009/05/06/curried-red-lentil-soup-with-chickpeas/

A healthy and hearty lentil, chickpea and quinoa soup seasoned with curry flavours. 2026/05/03: This has been one of my all time favourite recipes! I find myself making it all the time and I thought that I would take the opportunity to update it with some new photos! Recently I have been enjoying exploring lentils...

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A quinoa salad with roasted red peppers, chickpeas, and feta in a balsamic vinaigrette! This quinoa with roasted red peppers, chickpeas, and feta in a balsamic vinaigrette is one of my favourite salads/sides/light meals! I find that I make it over and over again! It’s super easy simple to make! You simply cook onion and...

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A Greek style quinoa with spinach, feta and plenty of fresh herbs! Spinach and feta quinoa is one of my favourite side dishes and when I made it recently I thought I would take the opportunity to update the recipe and photos! This dish is based on spanakorizo (Greek spinach rice) with the rice replaced...

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Tender chipotle roasted sweet potatoes in a quinoa salad with black beans. I’m a big fan of hearty whole grain salads and this chipotle sweet potato and black bean quinoa salad is one of my favourites. The sweet potatoes are seasoned and roasted until tender and the quinoa is cooked with a few seasonings before...

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A light and fresh quinoa salad with asparagus, lemon, dill and feta. Asparagus is one of my favourite parts of spring and this asparagus quinoa salad is an amazing way to enjoy it! The base of this salad is the asparagus and quinoa, filled out with chickpeas, and seasoned with lemon, dill, and feta. The...

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Two-bite honey and apricot treats inspired by the Aussie bite Costco snacks; light, healthy and tasty! I came across these Aussie treats at Costco a while ago and I quite enjoy them! Of course I thought about making them myself and this is my version of them! These snacks are pretty simple with a bunch...

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]]> https://www.closetcooking.com/aussie-bite-copycat/feed/ 27 Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad https://www.closetcooking.com/quinoa-tabbouleh-salad-2/ https://www.closetcooking.com/quinoa-tabbouleh-salad-2/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2018 10:31:44 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/?p=68399

A light and fresh tabbouleh salad with quinoa, tomatoes, cucumbers and loads of fresh parsley and mint in a bright lemon dressing. Tabbouleh is a salad made with chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, plenty of parsley, and bulgur that is dressed with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Although bulgur is the traditional ingredient in tabbouleh...

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A fresh summer-y berry quinoa salad in a light and refreshing citrusy-mint dressing! Summer berries are everywhere these days and they are absolutely amazing in this berry quinoa salad in a citrus-y mint dressing! The fresh berries, including strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, are definitely the stars of the show here with the quinoa providing...

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A grain bowl with Greek inspired flavours along with crispy fried zucchini and halloumi in a basil and lemon tahini dressing with crunchy toasted seed ‘croutons’. When I came across this recipe for a Greek goddess grain bowl with fried zucchini, halloumi and toasted seeds on Half Baked Harvest I knew that I just had...

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A summery BBQ grilled chicken, zucchini and corn quinoa salad! Today I have another summer salad for you that is perfect for outdoor cooking, a grilled BBQ chicken, zucchini and corn quinoa salad! This warm salad is super easy to make and most of it, the chicken, zucchini and corn, is cooked on the grill/bbq...

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