Bought Quinoa....Now What???

That's too funny. I also have a bag of Quinoa (pronounced keen wa) in my cupboard I just bought. Now to find recipes for it. I hear its really good for you.

It's good to use in stuffed bell pepper recipes!

Snap! I was ready You Are What You Eat and Gillian kept banging on about ti so I bought some...now what!!!? It's a mystery! If you find any good recipes let me know, I as going to just use it instead of rice with a chilli or curry but I'm not sure what consistency it comes our like?!

We use it in place of rice since we prefer it. Anything I would normally make with rice I now use quinoa instead and cook it the same way rice is cooked. Baked chicken and rice is now baked chicken and quinoa. See, easy! You can add flavor to it by cooking it in chicken or vegetable broth instead of water. Last night we had teriyaki vegetables and chicken breast over quinoa (instead of rice). I even put it in soups.

Just one note, some brands of quinoa need to be rinsed before you cook them or they have a bitter, soapy kind of taste. (It's a natural coating on the quinoa and nothing that's going to kill you, it just doesn't taste very good.) I have found the brand I get from Costco doesn't require rinsing so that's the brand I use (that and it's organic and not a bad price!)

I make a sald with quinoa, wild rice, roast butternut squash, spring onions (scallions?) and cubed feta cheese dressed with a little olive oil and lime juice.
I once made quinoa porrige as part of a gillian McKeith detox (that I lasted about half a day on) - don't bother, it was disgusting!
Louise

I like Red Quinoa the best. (don't care for the white as much). I put it in my rice cooker with chicken broth and just eat it plain and simple. So yummy! Of course you could also add other things to it, too, veggies, chicken, etc. You could even make something like quinoa-stuffed peppers.

It comes from a grain and is very healthy for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa

I have a really quick and easy recipe that you could use for your quinoa.

1 serving quinoa, cooked
1 large tomato
1cup canned black beans (or beans of choice, but i think black beans are the most delicious in this recipe)
fresh parsley
1 lime

cook one serving quinoa as directed on the box.
after it's cooked, drain it if needed and pop in the refrigerator to cool.
while it's cooling, dice up 1 tomato into small chunks
chop the fresh parsley
remove the quinoa from the refrigerator after it's cooled
add the diced tomatos
add black beans
add parsley
add lime to taste

this recipe is protein packed, filling, and very light and refreshing. great for lunch or as a side at dinner! a friend made this for me when i came over for dinner one night, knowing that i was on a vegan diet. usually keeps for about 3 days in the fridge.