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Asian Quinoa Salad

Friday, January 13, 2023 11:01 AM

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Quinoa is a complete source of plant-based protein, containing all the essential amino acids your body needs. In this make-ahead salad, it’s tossed with a flavorful Asian-style dressing and packed with nutritional superfoods. Garlic, ginger, and onions may help prevent heart attacks and strokes thanks to their anti-blood-clotting ability, and ginger also boosts digestion and the better absorption of nutrients. Tossed with sturdy vegetables, like cabbage, carrots and bell peppers, this salad should last up to 5 days in your fridge without getting too soggy.
ASIAN QUINOA SALAD 
Serves 4 
Ingredients – 
1 cup quinoa, rinsed 
2 cups water 
3 tbsp tamari 
3 tbsp maple syrup 
3 tbsp fresh lime juice 
2 tbsp olive oil 
1 tsp toasted sesame oil 
1 tbsp minced ginger 
4 cups shredded cabbage 
2 cups shredded carrots 
4 green onions, sliced 
1 red bell pepper, diced 
½ cup chopped cilantro 
Optional – 
Sliced avocado 
Sliced almonds 
Raisins 
Directions – 
1- Combine the quinoa and water in a small saucepot over high heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover, cooking until the quinoa is tender and the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. 
2- While the quinoa is cooking, stir together the tamari, lime juice, maple syrup, olive oil, sesame oil, and ginger in the bottom of a large bowl. 
3- To the dressing, add the shredded cabbage, carrots, green onions, bell pepper, and fresh cilantro. Toss well to coat evenly with the dressing, then add the drained cooked quinoa. 
4- Adjust any seasoning to taste, then transfer the salad to an airtight container to store in the fridge. Serve chilled, with any optional toppings you like. 
This salad should store well in the fridge for up to 5 days, but you might want to add an extra splash of lime juice or a dash of salt right before serving, just to help brighten up the flavors again. (Sometimes the flavors get muted with storage.) 
Make it Paleo – 
Swap 1 pound of “riced” cauliflower for the cooked quinoa
















It is very precise and scientific. However, if I were to analyze you using Nutrition Response Testing before it was explained to you, you might find it strange, or simply not believable – only because it is probably very different from anything you may have experienced before.


Quite frankly, if you want to get healthy and stay healthy, it is important that you understand what Nutrition Response Testing is, and what our recommendations are based on.


Otherwise, you are less likely to follow through and actually do what you need to do to get well. To put it simply, if you don't follow through, you won't get well. And if you are not going to get well, why do it in the first place?


The results we have been having with Nutrition Response Testing are often in the 90% and better range. The only reason we are here is to help you get well. That is why I want to make sure you get the correct understanding of what Nutrition Response Testing is right from the start.


Let's get started

In medical practice there are two key parts: the diagnosis (identifying and/or naming the “disease” or syndrome) and the treatment (drugs, surgery, etc.).


In Nutrition Response Testing we do not diagnose or treat disease - but we also have two parts: the analysis and the personalized health improvement program (using designed clinical nutrition).


Simply put, first we do an analysis, and then we design a natural health improvement program to help you handle what we find in our analysis of your body and condition.


First the Analysis

The analysis is done through testing the body's own neurological reflexes and acupuncture points. The neurological reflexes are derived from the part of the nervous system whose job is to regulate the functions of each and every organ. The acupuncture points are selected from the ancient Chinese system of acupuncture, which is thousands of years old.


Nutrition Response Testing is a study of how the different points on the surface of the body relate to the state of health and to the flow of energy in each and every organ and function of the body.


Interestingly, since the human anatomy has not changed significantly in thousands of years, the utilization of these reflexes and specific points have become extremely useful in our practice because they are so accurate!


Think about it

Each Nutrition Response Testing reflex represents a specific organ, tissue, or function, and indicates the effect that energy, or the lack of energy, is having on the body. By testing the Nutrition Response Testing reflexes, we have a system of monitoring your body at each visit that has proven to be extremely accurate clinically, and that helps us identify exactly what the body needs and how well we are meeting that need.


Doesn't this sound like something you would want for yourself in order to predict, with certainty, what is needed and wanted by the body to get you to the next stage of improved health?


How do we access the Nutrition Response Testing™ reflexes in order to get this information?


If I were to hook you up to an electro-cardiograph machine and take a reading, that would make perfect sense to you, right?


What is actually happening during this procedure? Electrical energy from the heart is running over the wires. This electrical energy makes the electrocardiograph record the energy pattern in the form of a graph or chart. I could then study this graph and tell you what it all means.


Here is what we do with Nutrition Response Testing. Instead of connecting electrodes to the specific points being tested, the Nutrition Response Testing doctor contacts these points with his/her own hand. With his other hand, he/she will test the muscle of your extended arm. If the reflex being contacted is active, the nervous system will respond by reducing energy to the extended arm, and the arm will weaken and drop. This drop signifies underlying stress or dysfunction, which can be affecting your health.


Call us at 512-961-1866 to schedule your visit, or to reserve a seat at one of our Free Health Seminars to find out more.