Quinoa vs Cous Cous

Quinoa tastes better and is much healthier. It is also easier to cook than rice, as in it doesn't have as much risk to get either soggy or hard like rice. It also has more fiber than couscous.

I've never had cous cous. But I have made quinoa. It kind of a nutty tasting rice. I don't make it very often but when I do I have to put stuff with it. It's also pretty filling, you don't need much.

Is quinoa easy to cook with?

I haven't double checked but I think cous cous is equal to quinoa in terms of protein and "healthiness". Check it out. I love the texture of quinoa:). I like it with lentils and cumin and curry powder, some veggies, in soups or salads.

Qunioa is a whole grain, cous cous is more similar to pasta. Quinoa is a 'complete protein' - all nine essential amino acids. Cous cous is not.

So if you're into whole grains and minimal processing, quinoa is 'better'. If you aren't, then there are much cheaper sources of the same nutrients, you just need to mix and match a little.

cous cous is short for cousin's; unless you are from West Virginia, nevermind, just eat the other stuff it is healthier....

Quinoa has a completely different texture than couscous and pretty much tastes like whatever you cook it with. As such, if unprepared it will come out very bland.

Additionally, Quinoa must be rinsed rinsed rinsed rinsed as its covered in a toxic substance called Saponin. Even if your Quinoa says prerinsed go ahead and rinse it again before cooking.If you dont this could potentially cause things like stomach pain, diarrhea and symptoms of food poisoning (Learned this one this hard way! Let me tell you my family wasn't happy about it either!).

Quinoa is much healthier, but I'll be honest: I don't like the taste at all. I do love couscous, though.

I'm big quinoa fan...was long before I knew anything about its nutrition. I also like cous cous (especially Israeli)...why not incorporate both into your diet...I know I do.

I still say eat what you prefer to eat:

Just pulled my cous cous and quinoa out of the pantry:)

Yeah, the only ingredient in my true roots organic quinoa is organic quinoa,
My wildroots pearl harvest cous cous is made with wheat flour, garbanzo beans and funnily enough the last ingredient is red quinoa.
There is more fibre and iron in the quinoa. Wheat is a good good food IMO. It's just not very popular in 2013 with all the gluten free propaganda.

1/4 cup of quinoa has 5 g of protein and 170 calories
1/3 cup of cous has 6 g of protein and 170 calories

^ this is why I think I should eat the cous cous. I don't though. I bought this bag of cous cous in December and have hardly used it, but I eat the quinoa at least three times a week. My children make broccoli quinoa salad and I like to eat it as a side dish or in curried soups.

My taste buds prefer Cous Cous, but Quinoa is super yummy! I often use it to substitute rice when making fried "rice." From what I've read Quinoa is actually a seed making it a complete protein which is why it's considered healthier.

You can stuff it in peppers with the usual suspect (feta, ground beef, etc)

thats what i did tonight with stewed tomatoes and ground turkey

I still say eat what you prefer to eat:

Just pulled my cous cous and quinoa out of the pantry:)

Yeah, the only ingredient in my true roots organic quinoa is organic quinoa,
My wildroots pearl harvest cous cous is made with wheat flour, garbanzo beans and funnily enough the last ingredient is red quinoa.
There is more fibre and iron in the quinoa. Wheat is a good good food IMO. It's just not very popular in 2013 with all the gluten free propaganda.

1/4 cup of quinoa has 5 g of protein and 170 calories
1/3 cup of cous has 6 g of protein and 170 calories

^ this is why I think I should eat the cous cous. I don't though. I bought this bag of cous cous in December and have hardly used it, but I eat the quinoa at least three times a week. My children make broccoli quinoa salad and I like to eat it as a side dish or in curried soups.

You're not comparing apples to apples here. Your "cous cous" is actually a blend of couscous (simply small pasta), garbanzo beans and quinoa, which you are comparing to..... quinoa alone. The protein in your couscous blend is primarily coming from the garbanzo beans and quinoa. The cous cous is just the pasta part. It's no more or less nutritious than any other pasta noodle.

I love the taste of both and cook with them frequently, but quinoa is certainly healthier (although currently fraught with socioeconomic issues for the growers of it who can no longer afford to eat their ancestral staple due to our mass consumption).

"Healthy" is a subjective term. I am a vegetarian who doesn't consume a lot of dairy but I eat beans, legumes and vegetables regularly. It is very healthy for me to eat seitan made out of wheat gluten in order to meet my protein macros.
I rely on wheat for a percentage of my protein intake.
Just pulled another bag of couscous out of the cupboard. One ingredient: whole wheat couscous. 13 grams of protein per 100 grams for 370 calories. I realize I'm not comparing apples with apples:). I'm comparing couscous with quinoa.

And perhaps my definition of what is healthy is different than the Op's. I would think that pure semolina wheat granules would be considered healthy even by the clean eating types. Wheat has such a bad rap these days.