Everyone - Give it up for quinoa!

[Writer]

Superfood. Woot! Woot!



Pipin' hot and delish' - served in a bowl with veggies. Full of protein, complex carbohydrates and 100% YUM.

Give it up, ya'll!

[Release The Hounds]

1. Agreed, but also a bit pricey.

[HopeHoops]

8. Only if you buy it in a grocery store. Get it bulk at a natural foods store.

And I don't mean a chain store.

[XemaSab]

2. Me gusta quinoa.

:9

[Taverner]

3. quinoa + white fish = heaven

[vixengrl]

4. It's good stuff, kind of buttery and nutty--also, about as easy as rice

to make. I like to put onion, black pepper and olive oil in, and that's about it. (It really doesn't need much in the way of "fixing.")

[vixengrl]

5. It's good stuff, kind of buttery and nutty--also, about as easy as rice

to make. I like to put onion, black pepper and olive oil in, and that's about it. (It really doesn't need much in the way of "fixing.")

[RadiationTherapy]

6. I like to add a handful of sesame seeds about half way through the cooking.

The oils come out and add an amazing flavor; as well as copper and other sesame goodies.

[handmade34]

7. love it!

:applause:

[HopeHoops]

9. My wife made stuffed peppers two nights ago - couldn't find brown rice - QUINOA!

They were the best damn peppers I've ever had. Rice can get kind of dry. The quinoa was moist and delicious.

It makes an awesome thickener for stews and soups. Put it in about an hour before you expect the soup to be done (earlier in a crock pot) and let it cook until it has completely dissolved and all you can see are the little white outer rings floating around. Best thickener there is - and a nutritious one at that!

[LynzM]

10. Nom nom nom!

Good stuff! :D

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I am such a non-cook, I don't even know what this is.

[struggle4progress]

20. It's a grain: like the potato, it's a contribution of Andean peasant civilization to the rest of us

[Burma Jones]

12. I don't like its mouth feel.....

But it is pretty tasty nonetheless.

[grace0418]

13. My husband put some the in rice cooker yesterday with black lentils, kale, sundried

tomatoes, green garbanzos, asparagus, artichoke hearts, onion, garlic and herbs. Then he dressed it with some olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

It was FANTASTIC! And talk about a nutritional powerhouse.

[GoCubsGo]

17. I like it Tex-Mex style...

Add some sauteed onions. garlic and maybe bell pepper, Rotel tomatoes and chiles, and black beans. Top it with some sharp cheddar or Mexican blend cheese.

Olive oil and lemon juice mixed with chopped garlic is one of the best dressings on the planet! Delicious on steamed veggies.

[supernova]

14. looks like a bowl of infant snails

otherwise, YUM!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. Bravo!

:applause:

[KamaAina]

16. I had just found a natural deli in Honolulu that serves it

right near the Capitol, too, where I was often to be found around midday.

Now I have to find one here. :(

[JBoy]

18. Black bean and tomato quinoa salad

This dish rocks.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Black-Bean-and-Tomato-Quinoa-238939

[Bossy Monkey]

19. Crazy mad love it. Also amaranth.

Vegetables... great idea!

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Word...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XliMny3AvnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD_XjxJ_Jmw

[City of Mills]

22. Here, here - I nominate red

My favorite!

http://www.nutsonline.com/cookingbaking/grains/quinoa/red.html



Currently in my kitchen:



Yum!

[AllieB]

23. I ate so much of it when I was vegetarian I kind of lost my taste for it, until

I ate some cooked with Moroccan chicken and spices. Absolutely delicious!

[kwassa]

24. why is it pronounced keen-wah?

Tried it, tried to like it.

I like grits better.

[question everything]

25. Mix it with chicken strips, red and yellow pepper

sliced onion and basil and garlic.

Delicious and colorful.

Oh, and instead of cooking in water, I use Chicken stock.