What do you do with quinoa?
Apr 18, 2012, 4:53 pm
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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.
Apr 21, 2012, 2:03 am
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There's a Heston Blumenthal book where he gives instructions on soaking and cooking quinoa with the handy trick of blending half of the cooked quinoa and recombining the grains and adding a ponzu type dressing.
The advantage is that this makes quinoa sticky and it can then be used to make makizushi seaweed rolls.
I find the technique of blitzing a portion of quinoa with a stick blender to be very useful as it helps young children keep quinoa on their fork - at least it allows me to feed my kid quinoa that isn't kept together with mashed avocado without having to pick up seeds from unexpected corners days afterwards.
The advantage is that this makes quinoa sticky and it can then be used to make makizushi seaweed rolls.
I find the technique of blitzing a portion of quinoa with a stick blender to be very useful as it helps young children keep quinoa on their fork - at least it allows me to feed my kid quinoa that isn't kept together with mashed avocado without having to pick up seeds from unexpected corners days afterwards.
Apr 21, 2012, 2:43 am
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. Seriously, my wife makes the stuff and the smell is horrible. I'll eat most anything but quinoa turns my stomach.
Apr 24, 2012, 2:13 pm
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Quinoa is a great addition to your food with a much more complete protein profile. It contains the same number of carbs as the same quantity of white or brown rice but sightly more fiber content. Many US people have not heard about quinoa but it has been around South America for about 5000 years. Some people think it is a grain but its a seed has a pellet like appearance with a slightly crunchy texture and a nutty flavor. Quinoa is cooked similar to rice and once cooked, you can add it in any of your recipes that call for rice or it also makes a nice side dish all alone. You can use quinoa in many pilaf dishes, adding vegetables, and seasonings to taste.
Apr 27, 2012, 6:15 pm
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Apr 30, 2012, 8:07 pm
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Here is a great little recipe my wife makes...
http://www.veggiebelly.com/2010/07/b...noa-salad.html
Hope that you like it!
http://www.veggiebelly.com/2010/07/b...noa-salad.html
Hope that you like it!
