Healthy Lunch Recipes
Easy Quinoa Recipes for 250 Calories
Fear not this grain: Quinoa is fast-cooking and makes tasty salads. You can cook on Sunday, chill, eat over the next few days, and tote to work. By Sidney Fry, MS, RD
Quinoa Nutrition Facts
Ready in about 20 minutes, whole-grain, and gluten-free. Here's how 2/3 cup (the amount of quinoa you'll use for the combos)
compares to other whole grains.
Quinoa
148 calories, 5.4g protein, 3.5g fiber
Brown Rice
144 calories, 3.4g protein, 2.3g fiber
Farro
133 calories, 5.3g protein, 4.7g fiber
Barley
129 calories, 2.4g protein, 4g fiber
Bulgur
101 calories, 3.7g protein, 5.5g fiber
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