Anybody eat Quinoa?
legalbeagle
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Seeing as so many of you are really clued up on what to eat etc etc I wondered if anyone eats Quinoa?
Just did my monthly shop of stuff from the organic wholesalers and bought a bag of red Quinoa - now realise that there are no instructions on it - oh joy! I'm guessing you treat it a bit like cous cous but before I produce some culinary disaster I just thought I'd ask if anyone out there ever uses it? If so could I trouble you for some tips - and some recipies?
Who knows this could be the sequal to the porridge thread.
Just did my monthly shop of stuff from the organic wholesalers and bought a bag of red Quinoa - now realise that there are no instructions on it - oh joy! I'm guessing you treat it a bit like cous cous but before I produce some culinary disaster I just thought I'd ask if anyone out there ever uses it? If so could I trouble you for some tips - and some recipies?
Who knows this could be the sequal to the porridge thread.
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The main thing to remember is to soak/rinse to remove the saponin coating which is bitter, then cook like rice, we call it Q-rice as we always forget how to pronounce it! It is interesting the first time you have it, but it is not too bad, but I think I prefer cous cous so only have 'q-rice' once a month or so.
The link below has a recipe, you just have to ignore the flash introduction about small business
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com.au/SecondaryNavigation/Default.aspx?SecondaryNavigationId=30
Do a quick 'google' and you will find loads of recipes.
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If you ever want recipes for anything, i use recipezaar.com, i find it great!
And no it's horrible bitty stuff - prefer brown rice or cous cous any day.
oh by the way i didn't like it very much, it fills you up though.
Found a recipie called "Kim's Quinoa Salad" got to try that one
LB (aka Kim)
can't wait for the sprouts to be ready.