Quinoa Recipes?

I've never used it myself, and in fact just heard of it for the first time while watching Chopped on Food Network the other day. Now this is twice in one week.... must be a sign lol. You can go to their website and find recipes. Let us know!

I made a turkey chilli with quinoa that other night - LOVED IT

MSG me if you are interested

I make the quinoa according to package directions but sub the water for low-sodium chicken stock. Once that's cooked I mix in 1/4 c yellow raisins and chopped fresh parsley. makes a nice side dish and is very easy.

I am in love with this - http://www.plantfoodfabulous.com/2010/10/lentils-and-quinoa-with-roasted.html - at the moment. It makes enough for at least 6 serves so I freeze leftovers for lunches. I only made the roasted broccoli part the first time I tried the recipe, but the lentils/quinoa part is so versatile it will go with any veg. Tastes like nothing I've ever eaten before. SO GOOD. x

Quinoa is AWESOME! You can cook/season it the same way you'd cook rice or cous-cous; it takes on the flavor of whatever you cook it with, basically. One of my favorite base-recipes to cook it with is to use half a vegetable bouillon per cup of water (I don't eat meat). It gives it a really good base flavor and you can season it any way you like while cooking it. A few nights ago I threw in half a cup of sauteed onions (sauteed in just enough olive oil to lightly coat them), a tablespoon of minced garlic and probably 5 or 6 dried cherries from the bulk section of a rather crappy (as opposed to gourmet or specialty) grocery store. It came out GREAT!

Another successful dinner I made was by using 1/2 cup of almond milk, 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of quinoa, along with some green curry paste (about a teaspoon) and maybe 1/2 a tsp of cinnamon. And probably some minced garlic (I don't remember, but I use it with everything, so probably.) If I had raisins, I'd have added those in, too. Just throw everything in with the quinoa and cook it all together. If you like curry, you'll love this! (I hope!) I used the almond milk because I didn't have any coconut milk, but I think it would've turned out even better with coconut milk (albeit more calories).

Lastly, I've also been experimenting with cooking quinoa as a breakfast oatmeal type of deal. So far I've been subbing almond milk for water entirely and it's turned out pretty well. Yesterday I used 1/3 cup of quinoa, 1 cup of almond milk (so it stays kind of "soupy" to be closer to an oatmeal consistency), 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 tsp agave syrup, and cinnamon and allspice to taste. Cook for 15 minutes. After it was done cooking, I added 2 tbsp maple syrup and 1 tsp unpacked brown sugar. Came out pretty well! Here's the breakdown I came up with:
Calories Carbs Fat Protein
Silk - Pure Almond Milk- Original, 8 ounces 60 8 3 1
Quinoa - Cooked, 0.3 cup cooked (185g) 67 12 1 2
Log Cabin - Maple Syrup Regular, 2 Tbsp / 1 fl oz 100 27 0 0
Sugars - Brown, 1 tsp unpacked unpacked 11 3 0 0
238 50 4 3

I cook up a chicken breast and toss it in the pan with a bag of stir fry vegetables and add some cooked quinoa! yummy!

loving this thread!!

tonight I sauteed some butternut squash in coconut oil, sprinkled with pumpkin pie spice, and topped off with some unsweetened shredded coconut...it was like dessert! I paired it with quinoa for protein mmmmmmm next time i'll throw the quinoa in with the squash so it gets it's own coconut goodness!

I love it cooked, cooled then mixed with roasted veggies, feta cheese, parsley, slivered almonds and some italian dressing. I make my own with olive oil, balsamic, fresh garlic, etc....

Mmmmm.... gonnna have to make it soon. I just don't know the calorie count.

i just boil it for 8-10 minutes and add broccolli at some point and it's great.

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