Aarti's Quinoa-All Bran Pilaf with Raisins and Simple Green Salad

We are big fans of the quinoa we get from Costco and we are also admirers of Aarti Sequeria, the most recent winner of "The Next Food Network Star".  For one of the challenges, they had the contestants work with breakfast cereals and she was given All-Bran.

Aarti made an impressive recipe for the challenge: A Quinoa-All Bran™ Pilaf with Raisins and Simple Green Salad. My wife and I were intrigued by this recipe and my wife decided to make it to go with some pork we had.

The dish was a huge success.  It was spicy without being heat for the sake of heat.  It has a wonderful variety of textures between the quinoa, the breakfast cereal and the raisins. There is no doubt that this will become a regular in our household and we will be serving with other meats like beef and chicken.  This dish had a number of virtues including:

• It was delicious
• It was nutritious
• It was quick
• It works great as a side dish

I highly recommend you checking this recipe out. If you don't have quinoa already, this is a great reason to buy it.