Broccoli Quinoa Cakes

Trying to come up with new HEALTHY things for the kids to eat is super easy. HA HA HA!!! I was very happy with these broccoli quinoa cakes, and so were the kids!

1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
1/2 onion
1 cup broccoli florets
1/3 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup shredded cheese
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs

Cook quinoa per directions, let cool.
Dice the onion (I used a red onion) and sauté until soft, let cool.
Cook the broccoli (I bring to a boil, and then turn the water off immediately), dice and let cool.

Combine quinoa, onion, broccoli, breadcrumbs, cheese, salt & pepper and mix thoroughly. Add eggs, making sure all ingredients are incorporated.

Heat olive oil (I also add a bit of butter for flavor) in a pan and drop by spoonfuls into the pan. I use an ice cream scoop so they are all the same size :) Then "smush" them down to make a patty. Cook for about 5 minutes on each side until golden brown.

This will make about 8 cakes.

Home foot soak

I just did a home foot soak. It's been awhile since I've had a professional pedicure, and since I have 3 kids at home, I can't just go get one during the day. So I decided to try the mouthwash/vinegar foot soak that I've been seeing online. I Googled some "recipes" and after reading all the variations, I decided to tweak it to make it easy to remember:

2 cups mouthwash (I used Listerine Original)
2 cups vinegar
4 cups water

I soaked my feet for 10 minutes and didn't see anything in the water. My feet are pretty well taken care of so I wasn't expecting to see anything major, but I had read some people had a lot of dead skin floating around. Ew. So then I took my foot scrubber thingy and scrubbed all my rough spots. I did both feet and then noticed my pinky toe. The cuticle was kind of sticking up. I was able to just rub it off with my finger. WOW. So I just went over all the areas that looked like the skin was loose and rubbed it a little. Sometimes all it took was my finger but in a few stubborn spots, I needed the pumice stick. At the end I did see that the water had dead skin in it, but it was so fine I didn't notice it at first. That combined with what I sloughed off was not pretty. Blech.

After I dried my feet, they felt cool, probably from the mouthwash, but it definitely felt good! When I was putting lotion on my feet, I noticed that they were really soft! I am pretty impressed with this soak, and I think if I do this regularly my feet will be in pretty good shape!