{"id":9193,"date":"2012-03-20T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=9193"},"modified":"2012-03-20T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T20:17:29","slug":"quinoa-tabbouleh-with-endive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/quinoa-tabbouleh-with-endive\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinoa Tabbouleh with Endive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About a month ago, I received a box of California endive from the wonderful people at Discover Endive<\/a>! Inside the box was a bouquet of red and white endive as well as two packages of endive to play with in the kitchen. I had never seen endive still attached to the root ball and it made for a striking surprise bouquet right before Valentine’s Day (wow, has it really been over a month!). \u00a0I know my friend Liren of Kitchen Confidante posted a lovely photograph of her endive bouquet and, if you travel the food blog circuit, you may have seen others, unfortunately, the bouquet I received must have traveled on the pony express because it took a beating \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

There are so many ways you can use endive and in February the web was ablaze with endive recipes from a talented group of food bloggers called the OnDivas<\/a>\u00a0who used their mega watts of creativity to shine a light on under-appreciated endive. One easy way to appreciate the crunchy, slightly bitter leaves of endive is as a \u201cscooper\u201d for tuna, egg salad, and dips – \u00a0it’s \u00a0great as a quick lunch or snack and adds a delightful, satisfying crispness that I always enjoy, plus, its lower in calories, carbs, and fats than chips or crackers.<\/p>\n

What is endive? As indicated by Discover Endive!, <\/a>\u201cendive is a member of the chicory family, which includes radicchio, escarole and curly endive. It is often called the queen of vegetables and is prized the world over. It has a crisp texture and a sweet, nutty flavor with a pleasantly mild bitterness \u2014 great served raw or cooked.\u201d<\/p>\n

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