Royal Foodie Joust Winners: Orange, Black and Sugar

Jenn, The Leftover Queen, is busy taking care of Royal duties in San Francisco this weekend and has asked me to step up and help her out with the Royal Foodie Joust winner post.? As always I am so happy to help out a friend! I love the fall, it is one of? my favorite season. Unfortunately living here we really don’t have too much of a fall to speak of.? But I still love the fall ingredients and these ones were awesome.So when Kat, from A Good Appetite , winner of last month’s Joust, sent me her choice of ingredients for this month I was thrilled! Orange – Pumpkin (or anything other orange flesh squash, i.e. butternut, acorn, kabocha) Black – Stout, Porter or other dark colored Beer (if you don’t…

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Royal Foodie Joust Winners: Orange, Black and Sugar

Royal Foodie Joust

? Strawberry Quinoa with Basil and Lime Syrup! It has been a long, long time since I last participated in the Royal Foodie Joust which is held each month by my very dear friend Jenn, The Leftover Queen !? Way too long! The Royal Foodie Joust is a monthly challenge that is hosted by? Jenn-The Left-over Queen . Every month the winner from the previous month is allowed to choose the 3 ingredients that must be used in the up coming challenge. She also gives out prizes for the best overall winner, best photograph, and the most unique interpretation of the ingredients!? Sounds like fun huh?? Click here to join in on the fun, you have until tomorrow at noon, plenty of time!!! The ingredients this month were chosen by LK from Healthy Delicious and they were: Strawberry Whole Grains Basil I immediately knew what I was going to do but I needed to have all of the ingredients on hand and the time to do it.? In other words that stars had to be perfectly aligned for me to pull this off!!!? And the other day they were!!! I have made the cereal part of this many times and usually top it with honey but the basil and lime syrup paired perfectly.? Lori used the basil lime syrup with a fruit salad and that is exactly what I am doing with the extra syrup that I made.? Check out her post here ! basil and lime infused simple syrup! Strawberries Quinoa with Basil and Lime Syrup (Quinoa from Heidi of 101 Cookbooks and Basil and Lime Syrup from Lori of The Recipe Girl ) Strawberry Quinoa Cereal: 1 cup low fat milk 1 cup water 1 cup quinoa, rinsed 2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced 1/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted* 4 teaspoons Basil and Lime Syrup Combine milk, water and quinoa in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 15 minutes or until most of the liquid is absorbed. Turn off heat; let stand covered 5 minutes. Stir in blackberries, transfer to four bowls and top with pecans. Drizzle with 1 teaspoon Basil and Lime Syrup. Basil and Lime Syrup: ???????? ½ cup granulated sugar ???????? ½ cup water ???????? ½ cup (packed) basil leaves ???????? 1 Tbs grated lime rind Combine sugar and ½ cup water in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; stir in basil and rind. Cool. Strain sugar

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Royal Foodie Joust