What's the deal w/Quinoa

but... but... it doesn't even taste good in stuffed peppers

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Love keen-wah!
I like the taste and the pebbly texture.

I like it. But my husband thinks it tastes like styrofoam shipping material.

Quinoa is a one of the "ancient grains" and is one of the only grains/seeds/pseudo-cereals that is also a complete protein. It's also really high in protein for a grain...not as high as beans, but still remarkably high. It's The a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron. It is a source of calcium, and thus is useful for vegans and those who are lactose intolerant, and it's also gluten-free. It's supposed to be easy to digest, which is great for people with IBS or other gastro issues. It's not as high in protein as buckwheat or amaranth, but those both taste like sheeeit in my humble opinion.

Basically, it's incredibly nutritious for what it is, and it's crazy filling. It has practically no flavor, so it's an awesome option to replace rice. I like making "Mexican Quinoa" with tomato sauce, peppers, onions, and shredded chicken. Mmmm...now I'm hungry. I've also used it instead of rice in soups; my favorite soup of all time is a vegetarian quinoa soup with portobello mushies and peppers and all sorts of other veggums.

It can also be eaten cold in a salad, kinda like pasta salad. It's basically just super versatile, tasty, and healthy.

Now I'm dying for quinoa.

At Christmas when my sister tried to feed us her parmesan quinoa vegetable ...something - I would have agreed with you.

I have since discovered Near East fast and quick cous cous.

Quinoa, I still have issues with.

But me and cous cous have an agreement that we're ok with one another as long as I bring something more delicious to share.

It is an "ancient grain," and everyone knows older is better, especially when it comes to food.

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Yeah. No. DNW.

Give me rice or give me potatoes but please get your weird grains outta my face

I like it but I'll admit it took me a while to get used to it. I like to dress it up with onions, peppers, probably cut some chicken strips or put some ground turkey in it. It is a good source of protein and doesn't have the bad carbs that rice has. Though I'll admit, having a strong Lousiana background, we ate a lot of white rice growing up and I will still occasionally have some.

So basically, cover it up with a bunch of other stuff so it's barely there and it's all good.

And bad carbs, especially rice as a bad carb...

I like the texture better than rice.

That is all.

I like it. But my husband thinks it tastes like styrofoam shipping material.

Smart husband!

I love it, and it's much easier to clean the pot after it's cooked than rice (i don't own a rice cooker).

Today I made a nice cold quinoa veggie chicken salad with zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, quinoa, chicken and a balsamic vinagrette dressing. Yum!

I tried quinoa without knowing what it was because it was mixed with lime and cilantro (2 things I love).
It was good.

Throw some pork chops in there, and you got yourself a stew!

Personally I love it. So you quinoa haters can gladly just bring it to me.
I'll eat all your freaking weird grains.

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Quinoa party?