What's the deal w/Quinoa

I don't even care. I like quinoa. It's spelled fancy and eating it makes me feel good! So all you haters can suck it!

I have been called a hater. You know. In other threads.

Just throwing that out there.

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?

DAMNIT.

Thanks a lot MFP, now I have a new weird fetish.

:grumble:

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

Why in all of God's creation was your husband eating styrofoam shipping material?

I'm panfoodual.

I enjoy all the foods. ALL THE FOODS.

Wow, I feel like a loser, I've never tried it.

I hear that might not be true. A lot of the nutrition in brown rice is, supposedly, locked in the indigestible fiber.

Truly? What about black rice? Hear anything about that?

I hear that might not be true. A lot of the nutrition in brown rice is, supposedly, locked in the indigestible fiber.

Truly? What about black rice? Hear anything about that?

That it's awesome and delicious.

Have you heard of this? I mean really, what is this stuff? Is it pasta? Is it rice? What's the deal? *cheesy standup comedian voice*

He's a bad president

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...

Sorry, but I don't quite understand this asinine post.

There. Are. No. Bad. Carbs.

I agree with you, to a degree. There are no bad carbs; however, some carbs are more efficient, some provide more long-lasting energy, some are more nutritionally dense per calorie. "Empty calories" are a thing, and white rice, for example, is one of those things. There is very little in the way of nutrition from white rice. It's mostly simple carbs. That can cause a spike in glucose and more hunger and cravings when you crash. It's fine if you add proteins and complex carbs. But with quinoa that's not an issue.

Brown rice is better for you, but he was specifically talking about white rice in his comment.

I would also add that white rice is very high in "glycemic" levels which makes it a "bad" carb. The same can be said of white bread and white potatoes. Foods high in glycemic levels can be easily broken down quickly into sugar in your blood stream and over consumption can put you at risk for type 2 diabetes. By the way, I don't think it's a huge coincidence that the continent of Asia is facing a diabetes epidemic . Ten percent of the population in China or 98 million people are affected by diabetes and consumption of white rice has much to do with it. Conversely, quinoa's glycemic levels are low in comparison. Facts are facts.

taste aside (and I do like it, i found a place where they sell them with basil, mint leaves, dried cranberries and peanuts - its a cold salad) is it any nutritious? it s a better option than rice, less carbs? What are its benefits??

Check out my response on the first page! I gave a rundown of the nutritional benefits.

white rice cooked 100 gm = 28 gm carb, 2.7 gm protein .4 gm fiber cal 130
quinoa cooked 100 gm = 21 gm carb 4.4 gm protein 2.8 gm fiber cal 120

If you like it, fine. But IMO not worth the money as it is easily 5-10 times the cost.

...that's the difference? A scant amount of protein and fiber?

Nope

Truly? What about black rice? Hear anything about that?

That it's awesome and delicious.

I like to eat it like this:

Edited because I'm a herp derp. This all looks really good.

I just checked and Google told me that 100g of uncooked Quinoa has 14g of protein but cooked has 4g? Wha? What happens to those 10g of protein?

And personally I like bulgur... love me some yummy Middle Eastern foods

I just checked and Google told me that 100g of uncooked Quinoa has 14g of protein but cooked has 4g? Wha? What happens to those 10g of protein?

And personally I like bulgur... love me some yummy Middle Eastern foods

100 grams of cooked quinoa is going to have a hell of a lot of absorbed water and therefore be lower in calories and protein.

I just checked and Google told me that 100g of uncooked Quinoa has 14g of protein but cooked has 4g? Wha? What happens to those 10g of protein?

And personally I like bulgur... love me some yummy Middle Eastern foods

100 grams of cooked quinoa is going to have a hell of a lot of absorbed water and therefore be lower in calories and protein.

indeed. I imagine 100g of uncooked quionoa is far more than 120 calories. I know 100g of uncooked rice is around 400 cals.