Potentially the protein is a bit far-fetched, but the first time I ate quinoa was unfortunately not long ago. I was in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, and the day's driver just prepared a simple yet lovely lightly-salted quinoa with tomatoes and cucumbers, a farmer's cheese and alpaca. No need to doctor up the grain, this combination (any steak'd do just fine) was down-to-earth pleasant.