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Cooking on the hottest day of the year (so far) wasn’t one of my better ideas.  I’m so hot right now I kind of feel like crying.  And this hot laptop  isn’t helping, so this shall be an unusually brief post. Hallelujah, right? 

For dinner I made Heidi Swanson’s Double Broccoli Quinoa recipe. I’m just going to link to the recipe here rather than copying it.  I’ve been wanting to make it for a while and tonight was the night. It was good, I enjoyed it, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it more when I’m not wiping sweat from my brow between forkfuls. I was intrigued by making a pesto with broccoli instead of basil.  There’s some pesto left over and I’m looking forward to spreading it on a tomato sandwich tomorrow for lunch. Or tossing it with pasta. Or mixing it in scrambled eggs…it won’t go to waste, that’s for sure. 

As Heidi suggested, I topped the dish with feta cheese, avocado and toasted sliced almonds. I skipped the fire oil since, as I may have mentioned, I was already HOT.  Possibly melting.  In my humble opinion, the toppings are mandatory rather than optional.  They’re so good, and, of course, a nutritional boost to boot.  (How many commas can I use in a sentence? I am the worst comma user  in the world. My middle name should be Splice.) 

Anyway, here’s a picture. I have to go now because I’m, you know… 

 

HOT!!! 

I hope you had a nice weekend~

Tagged: broccoli, cooking at home, quinoa