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Salad Spinners: Spin Your Salad Healthy | Healthy Eating & Cooking Tips

Every Healthy Kitchen Should Have a Salad Spinner. Learn How This Ingenious Gadget Can Help You Spin Yourself Thin.

Most kitchen gadgets are purchased on impulse, used once for the novelty of them, and then quickly buried

in a cabinet or drawer. You know that drawer: The land of Misfit Kitchen Gadgets filled with everything from fancy garlic peelers, apple corers, electric can openers to the Miracle Chef veggie chopper.

But one addition to your kitchen which won’t be banished to the gadget cabinet is a good salad spinner.

And if you don’t own one, it’s time to change that. Prepping healthy salads economically and quickly is simple and easy with a good spinner on hand.

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Quinoa Salad with Corn and Black Beans | Healthy Recipes and Snacks

This Healthy Quinoa Salad Recipe Uses Southwest Staples Like Corn and Black Beans to Make A High Protein, High Energy Meal in Under 30 Minutes.

Quinoa is one of those grains that seems to have endless possibilities, especially for people who are trying to eat healthy and stay in shape.

High in all nine essential amino acids, a great source of fiber and complex carbs, and much faster to cook then other grains like rice or wheat, after you start cooking with quinoa, it’s easy to understand why it’s earned a reputation as the “ancient super-grain.” 

While quinoa is a great alternative to brown rice for healthy side-dishes and pilafs, it really shines when you use it as an substitute for rice, couscous or Bulgar wheat in traditional grain-based salads.  

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