Lentil, Quinoa and Raspberry Salad

When it comes down to nutrition, lentils and quinoa are without a doubt nutrient-dense food items. A simple bowl of this Lentils, Quinoa and Raspberry Salad will keep you satisfied and will honestly make your taste buds dance. I wanted to develop a sturdy salad that would make use of some wonderful raspberry vinegar I received from my friend Jamila. Her aunt and uncle own La Belle Excuse, an olive producer with olive groves in Greece. They also offer many other pantry items, like delicious vinegars, sea salt, and confitures. So here we are, experimenting with the freshness of the raspberries against the sturdiness of the lentils and quinoa. It’s a gorgeous mix!

For other recipes of salads including fruits, check out the Livity Mango Salad and this fabulous Wild Rice with Acorn Squash, Caramelized Onions, Pomegranate and Maple Vinaigrette.

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Lentil, Quinoa and Raspberry Salad

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 23 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 cup lentils, cooked according to package directions
  • 1/2 cup quinoa, cooked according to package directions
  • 1 container fresh raspberries, washed
  • 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted
  • 1/4 cup shallots, minced
  • Mixed sprouts or microgreens
  • 34 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons maple syrup
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, place the lentils, quinoa, raspberries, almonds, shallots and sprouts. In a small bowl, mix the raspberry vinegar, olive oil, maple syrup, and sea salt and pepper. Mix well. Add to the salad and mix delicately. Adjust seasonings and serve. Bon appรฉtit!

Keywords: quinoa, lentils, raspberry

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Salade de lentilles, quinoa et framboises

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 23 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1/2 tasse lentilles, cuites selon les directives sur l’emballage
  • 1/2 tasse quinoa, cuit selon les directives sur l’emballage
  • 1 contenant de framboises fraรฎches, lavรฉes
  • 1/4 tasse d’amandes tranchรฉes, grillรฉes
  • 1/4 tasse d’รฉchalote franรงaise, รฉmincรฉe
  • Micro-pousses
  • 3 ร  4 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de framboise
  • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
  • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dans un grand bol, mรฉlanger les lentilles, le quinoa, les framboises, les amandes, les รฉchalotes franรงaises et les micro-pousses. Dans un petit bol, mรฉlanger le vinaigre de framboises, l’huile d’olive, le sirop d’รฉrable, et le sel de mer et poivre. Bien mรฉlanger et verser sur la salade. Mรฉlanger et ajuster les assaisonnements. Bon appรฉtit!

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Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad

Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad
Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad

Pasta salad can be extremely boring and unappetizing, or supremely colorful and healthy. I choose the latter with this Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad. So instead of spending time dicing carrots and celery for the usual mayo and pasta party, I slice up some red cabbage and some baby broccoli. To that I can add some seasonal fruit, red pepper, roasted pumpkin seeds, and a handful of fresh herbs. I then toss this goodness up with quinoa pasta and dress it with a creamy avocado vinaigrette. It’s pretty, it’s healthy, and it’s seriously nutritious. The kids also love it, which means extra points for me!

Note: At the beginning of the week (or on Sunday), I chop up all the vegetables I’ll use for the salad. I keep them in a resealable container and have them handy throughout the week. This salad is also great for lunches, and you can also layer it in Mason jars for al fresco dining.

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Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 avocado, peeled and seeded
  • 1/3 cup avocado oil
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Place the avocado, the oil, the lemon juice, the apple cider vinegar, and the maple syrup in a blender (I use a hand held mixer to purรฉe everything). Add sea salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with cut up raw vegetables, your favorite pasta, cooked, and top with roasted pumpkin seeds. Let me know what you think! Bon appรฉtit!

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Vinaigrette crรฉmeuse ร  l’avocat pour salade de pรขtes

Les salades de pรขtes peuvent รชtre ennuyeuses et monotones, mais elles peuvent aussi รชtre allรฉchantes et nutritives. Alors au lieu de perdre du temps ร  couper des carottes et du cรฉleri, optez plutรดt pour la kale et le bรฉbรฉ brocoli. Ajoutez-y des fruits de saison, du poivron rouge, des graines de citrouille grillรฉes, et une poignรฉe d’herbes fraรฎches. Mรฉlangez cet arc-en-ciel de santรฉ avec des pรขtes de quinoa, cuites au prรฉalable, et une gรฉnรฉreuse touche de vinaigrette crรฉmeuse ร  l’avocat. C’est beau, c’est santรฉ, et c’est hyper nutritif. Les enfants aussi en raffolent.

Petit truc: en dรฉbut de semaine, ou le dimanche, je prรฉpare tous les lรฉgumes dรฉsirรฉs pour la salade. Je les conserve dans un contenant hermรฉtique, dans lequel je peux aller piger durant la semaine. Cette salade est parfaite pour les lunchs. Vous pouvez mรชme la dรฉposer en รฉtages dans des pots Mason pour les repas ร  l’extรฉrieur.

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

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  • 1 avocat, pelรฉ et dรฉnoyautรฉ
  • 1/3 tasse d’huile d’avocat
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron
  • 3 c. ร  soupe di vinaigre de cidre de pomme
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dรฉposer l’avocat, l’huile, le jus de citron, le vinaigre de cidre, et le sirop d’รฉrable dans un mรฉlangeur (j’utilise un mรฉlangeur ร  main). Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistance onctueuse. Ajouter le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Servir avec un mรฉlange de lรฉgumes crus variรฉs, des pรขtes prรฉalablement cuites, et garnir de graines de citrouilles grillรฉes. Dites-moi ce que vous en pensez! Bon appรฉtit!

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Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette

Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette
Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette

This Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette is a great dish to bring to a potluck. The salad can be made ahead of time, without the vinaigrette, and kept refrigerated until serving time. Just toss with the vinaigrette right before serving.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

If you love quinoa, be sure to check out the following recipes: Cashew Quinoa Crunch and Quinoa Pasta Salad.

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Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups cooked quinoa, from 1 dry cup (keep the leftovers for another dish)
  • 3 large kale leaves, cut in a chiffonade
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice, separated
  • 1 ear fresh corn, shucked
  • 1 apple, cored and diced
  • 1 pear, cored and diced
  • 1 mango, peeled and diced
  • 1/3 cup red onion, diced small
  • 1/3 cup pecans, toasted
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons ponzu
  • 1 teaspoon ume plum vinegar (or red wine vinegar)
  • Sea salt and fresh pepper

Instructions

In a large salad bowl, place the kale, and add 1 tablespoon lime juice. Massage the kale with your hands about 1 minute. Add the quinoa, corn, apple, pear, mango, red onion, and toasted pecans. Mix well.

In a small bowl, whisk the olive oil, ponzu, 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, and vinegar. Season well with sea salt and pepper. If you are serving right away, pour the vinaigrette over the salad and mix well. If you are wanting to bring your dish somewhere or eat later, store the salad and the vinaigrette in the fridge separately, and toss right before serving.

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Salade de quinoa aux fruits frais et vinaigrette au ponzu

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 tasses de quinoa cuit (cuire 1 tasse de quinoa sec et conserver les restes pour un autre usage)
  • 3 grande feuilles de kale, coupรฉes en chiffonnade
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime frais
  • Les grains de 1 รฉpi de maรฏs
  • 1 pomme, รฉpรฉpinรฉe et coupรฉe en dรฉs
  • 1 poire, รฉpรฉpinรฉe et coupรฉe en dรฉs
  • 1 mangue, pelรฉe et coupรฉe en dรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse d’oignon rouge, coupรฉ en dรฉs
  • 1/3 tasse de noix de pรฉcan, grillรฉes
  • 1/3 tasse d’huile d’olive
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de sauce Ponzu
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de vinaigre de vin rouge
  • Sel de mer et poivre noir

Instructions

Dans un grand bol ร  salade, dรฉposer le kale et ajouter 1 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime. Masser le kale avec les mains pendant une minute. Ajouter le quinoa, le maรฏs, la pomme, la poire, la mangue, l’oignon rouge, et les noix de pรฉcan. Bien mรฉlanger.

Dans un petit bol, fouetter l’huile d’olive, la sauce Ponzu, 1 c.ร  soupe de jus de lime, et le vinaigre de vin rouge. Assaisonner de sel de mer et de poivre. Au moment de servir, verser la vinaigrette sur la salade et bien mรฉlanger.

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Cashew Quinoa Crunch

Cashew Quinoa Crunch
Cashew Quinoa Crunch

This is a seriously simple quinoa recipe that is not only plant-based, but also gluten free. This Cashew Quinoa Crunch is perfect when you don’t have much time, or if you have leftover quinoa. You can add aromatics, sautรฉ some veggies, and done! The great thing here is that you can play with the ingredients. You can use whatever color quinoa you want, if you don’t have red onion, yellow is just fine. If you don’t have spinach, but your fridge is overloaded with kale, do that. Enjoy the simplicity!

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

For more recipe ideas using quinoa, check out this Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette.

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Cashew Quinoa Crunch

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup quinoa (whichever color is fine)
  • 1 3/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 3 tablespoons coconut or olive oil
  • 1/2 cup raw cashews
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
  • 1 cup red onion, diced
  • 1 cup mushrooms, quartered
  • 1 large branch of celery, sliced 1/2″ thick
  • 3 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce)
  • 2 large handful of spinach
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, minced
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Rinse the quinoa under cold running water, rubbing it with your hands, for a good minute. Drain. Drizzle a small amount of coconut oil in the bottom of a medium saucepan and heat over medium-high heat. Add the quinoa and toss until the water is absorbed and the quinoa starts to toast, about 1 minute. Add the water and the salt, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and let cook over very low heat until all the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Take off the heat and keep covered for another 10 minutes.

While the quinoa rests, heat 3 tablespoons of coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cashews and sautรฉ until golden 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, red onion, mushrooms, and celery, and sautรฉ until the onion is translucent and the mushrooms are cooked, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and add one tablespoon of the tamari. Mix well. Add the spinach and the cooked quinoa. Mix and cook slowly until the spinach starts to wilt, about 2 minutes. Add the last two tablespoons of tamari and the cilantro. Mix well. Serve garnished with more cilantro. Additional garnishes could be scallions, fresh lime, and coconut cream. Bon appรฉtit!

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Bol rapide de quinoa ร  la noix de cajou

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 portions 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 tasse de quinoa (peu importe la couleur)
  • 1 3/4 tasse d’eau
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
  • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile de coconut (ou d’olive)
  • 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou
  • 3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
  • 1 c. ร  soupe de gingembre frais, รฉmincรฉ
  • 1 tasse d’oignon rouge, en dรฉs
  • 1 tasse de champignons, en quartiers
  • 1 grosse branche de cรฉleri, coupรฉe en tranches de 1/2 pouce
  • 3 c. ร  soupe de sauce tamari (ou soya)
  • 2 grosses poignรฉes d’รฉpinards
  • 1/4 tasse de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Rincer le quinoa ร  grande eau pendant 1 minute. ร‰goutter. Verser un filet d’huile dans une casserole moyenne et chauffer ร  feu moyen-vif. Ajouter le quinoa et faire revenir pendant 1 minute. Ajouter l’eau et le sel, et porter ร  รฉbullition. Baisser le feu, couvrir et laisser mijoter ร  feu doux pendant 15 minutes. Retirer du feu et laisser reposer, couvert, pendant 10 minutes.

Pendant ce temps, chauffer 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile dans une grande poรชle ร  feu moyen-vif. Ajouter les noix de cajou et faire revenir pendant 2 ร  3 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient dorรฉes. Ajouter l’ail, le gingembre, l’oignon rouge, les champignons et le cรฉleri, et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit translucide, environ 5 minutes. Rรฉduire le feu et ajouter 1 c. ร  soupe de sauce tamari. Ajouter l’รฉpinard et le quinoa. Brasser et cuire doucement pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter le reste de la sauce tamari, de la coriandre fraรฎche et assaisonner au goรปt. Servir garni de plus de coriandre, d’oignon vert, de quartiers de limette, ou de crรจme de coconut. Bon appรฉtit!

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French Canadian Shepherd’s Pie

French Canadian Shepherd's Pie
French Canadian Shepherd’s Pie

I grew up eating all the French Canadian comfort food, which is rather heavy on the meats. This French Canadian Shepherd’s Pie is a staple, and it is traditionally made with ground beef. In this two-option version, you can opt to replace the meat by If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

For another great French Canadian recipe, check out this French Canadian Pea Soup.

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French Canadian Shepherd’s Pie

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings 1x

Ingredients

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For the Meat Layer:

  • 1 1/2 cup red quinoa, well rinsed and drained
  • 1 shallot, diced
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 2 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 teaspoon coriander
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon red chili flakes
  • 3 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup olive oil

For the Corn Layer:

  • 2 cans creamed corn
  • 2 cans whole corn kernels

For the Potato Layer:

  • 78 big Russet potatoes, peeled
  • Butter or butter-flavored coconut oil
  • Onion powder
  • Garlic powder
  • Dried or fresh parsley
  • Oat milk or vegetable broth

Instructions

For the Meat Layer:

In a medium pot, combine the quinoa, shallot, celery, carrot, thyme, coriander, onion powder, and the red chili flakes. Add 2 1/2 cups water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover and let simmer for 12-15 minutes, until all the water is absorbed. Let rest, covered, for 5 minutes and fluff with a fork.

Transfer half the quinoa mixture in a food processor and add the tamari or soy sauce and the olive oil. Process lightly. Add the rest of the quinoa and pulse 2 to 3 times. This gives you the meat layer.

For the Potato Layer:

Place the potato cubes in a large pot and cover with water. Add a generous pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and let simmer at a low boil until the potatoes are tender. Drain and add the rest of the ingredients. Mash using a potato masher or an electric mixer, adding oat milk or vegetable broth, until you reach a smooth consistency.ย 

Assemble individual shepherd’s pies in layers of quinoa mixture, with a layer of corn on top and a final layer of potatoes. You should get around 8 to 10 individual pies. You may add plant-based cheese on top. You may freeze the pies in zip-top bags and take them out as needed. When ready to eat, place in a 350หš oven until defrosted. Serve with your favorite condiment. Bon appรฉtit!

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Pรขtรฉ chinois vรฉgรฉtalien

Le steak, blรฉ-d’Inde, patates version vรฉgรฉ, simplement parce que les enfants en demandent, et re-demandent!

Comme j’habite en Arizona, il a รฉtรฉ facile pour moi d’รฉviter les recettes traditionnelles quรฉbรฉcoises plutรดt lourdes cรดtรฉ viande, lorsque mes habitudes alimentaires ont changรฉ. Mais lorsque nous passons du temps au Quรฉbec pendant la saison estivale, les enfants mangent chez Mamie. Mamie? Et bien c’est la meilleure pour faire tous ces mets traditionnels rรฉconfortants.

De retour en Arizona, comme les enfants ne cessaient de demander du pรขtรฉ chinois, il รฉtait grand temps pour moi d’adapter les ingrรฉdients afin d’en faire une recette vรฉgรฉtarienne.

Cette version ne dรฉplaira pas aux parents non plus! Le quinoa n’est pas une cรฉrรฉale, mais bien un grain riche en protรฉines complรจtes (contrairement ร  la plupart des autres cรฉrรฉales qui sont habituellement incomplรจtes). Le quinoa ne contient pas de gluten et possรจde plusieurs autres qualitรฉs nutritives importantes.

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 8 portions 1x

Ingredients

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“Steak”:

  • 1 1/2 tasse de quinoa rouge
  • 1 รฉchalote franรงaise, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1 branche de cรฉleri, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1 carotte, รฉmincรฉe
  • 2 c. thรฉ thym sรฉchรฉ
  • 2 c. thรฉ coriandre moulue
  • 1/2 c. thรฉ poudre d’oignon
  • 1/2 c. thรฉ flocons de piments forts
  • 3 c. table sauce tamari
  • 1/4 tasse huile d’olive

Blรฉ-d’Inde:

  • 2 boรฎtes de blรฉ-d’Inde en crรจme
  • 2 boรฎtes de blรฉ-d’Inde en grains

Patates:

  • 78 grosses pommes de terre Russet
  • Beurre ou huile de coconut au parfum de beurre
  • Sel d’oignon
  • Sel d’ail
  • Persil frais ou sรฉchรฉ
  • Lait d’avoine ou bouillon de lรฉgumes

Instructions

Steak:

Dans une casserole d’environ 2 L, combiner le quinoa, l’รฉchalote franรงaise, le cรฉleri, la carotte, le thym, la coriandre, la poudre d’oignon et les flocons de piments forts. Ajouter 2 1/2 tasses d’eau. Porter ร  รฉbullition ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Baisser le feu, couvrir et laisser mijoter environ 12 ร  15 minutes, jusqu’ร  absorption complรจte de l’eau. Laisser reposer, couvert, 5 minutes.

Transfรฉrer la moitiรฉ du quinoa dans un robot. Ajouter la sauce tamari et l’huile d’olive. Rรฉduire en purรฉe grossiรจre. Ajouter le reste du quinoa au bol du robot et mรฉlanger rapidement (2-3 pulsions). Voilร  la portion “steak”!

Patates:

Peler et couper les pommes de terre en cubes. Placer dans une grande casserole et bouillir dans l’eau salรฉe ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. ร‰goutter puis ajouter le reste des ingrรฉdients. Rรฉduire en purรฉe ร  l’aide d’un batteur รฉlectrique, tout en ajoutant du bouillon de lรฉgumes, jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une purรฉe lisse et crรฉmeuse.

Assembler les pรขtรฉs chinois comme ร  l’habitude (steak-blรฉ-d’Inde, patates). Pour cette recette, vous obtiendrez 8-10 pรขtรฉs individuels. Vous pouvez garnir de fromage vรฉgรฉtalien ou d’une noix de beurre avant de placer les pรขtรฉs au four. Vous pouvez aussi opter pour le congรฉlateur. les pรขtรฉs se gardent bien pendant 2 ร  3 mois. Servir avec le condiment de votre choix. Bon appรฉtit!

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