Are Alkaline Tomatoes an Acid Forming Food?

Killer Tomato

Tomatoes and other nightshade vegetables are alkaline in chemical composition, but are acid forming foods. Try some of our tasty non-tomato sauce recipes with quinoa. Question: I cook quinoa often and love it however the last three times I made it my stomach got very upset. Do you think it is because I put tomato [...]

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Vegetarian Advice|Is Quinoa a Carb or a Protein When Dieting?

quinoa salad

Questions about quinoa, quinoa nutrition, dieting, carbs, protein Question for Savvy Vegetarian:   When cooking with quinoa would I consider this as a carb or a protein when dieting? It appears to be extremely high in carbs but is said to be 100% protein. I am summer-sizing and must eliminate and combine foods properly. Please [...]

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Food Safety Tips|Food Storage|Food Spoilage

basic cooked quinoa

Safely store & reheat leftover quinoa or other grains to avoid food spoilage & food poisoning Question for Savvy Vegetarian: How long can we keep cooked quinoa, in the refrigerator or at room temperature?  Does it go bad? Thank you – C.B. Savvy Vegetarian Food Storage Safety Tips:   Hi C.B., Everything goes bad,  sooner rather than later! Cooked [...]

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What’s New at Savvy Vegetarian?

Judith Kingsbury

SV Blog, Recipe Collections, Holiday Menus, Newsletter, New Look Since last summer, Savvy Vegetarian has had a new look, an upgraded navigation system, and other technical improvements, to make the site prettier, more accessible, easier to read and faster to load. We’ve been performing SEO miracles on the vegetarian recipe pages to make it easier [...]

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Busy Business Woman Needs Fast Food Quinoa Recipes

basic cooked quinoa

Message For Savvy Vegetarian: Hello, I don’t know if you know the answer to this question but I am trying to incorporate Quinoa into my diet and want to make it in some sort of portable form. For example, I wonder if anyone has had success in cooking it (with some spices perhaps), frying patties [...]

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Quinoa Loaf Is In Your Future!

raw quinoa

How to Cook Quinoa, Quinoa Recipe: Quinoa Loaf to Slice & Serve Like Salmon or Chicken Loaf Dear Savvy Vegetarian, Today I experimented and made a couple of quinoa rissoles. However, I have to come up with a recipe for a quinoa loaf that could be cut into slices and served a bit like a [...]

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