French pea & bacon gnocchi

Do you ever get tired of pasta?

True, it can be prepared a number of ways. With tomato sauce, with cream sauce, with fresh pepper and parmesan or served with vegetables.

But I turn to pasta so often. So here’s my answer when you want and don’t want pasta for dinner.

Gnocchi.

But not just any gnocchi. For this dish I add green peas and bacon (veggie bacon). For seasoning, herbs de provence.

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Veggie fried quinoa

For vegeterians, and meat-eaters alike, quinoa is a golden grain.
But most people are unsure of how to get the health benefits of quinoa while cooking something yummy.
My main favorite way of incorporating quinoa is as a substitute for rice. And what is the best rice dish on earth? Fried rice!
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