My wife has gently pointed out to me that I eat a lot of quinoa and isn’t this getting a bit out of control. I have a quinoa addiction.
There you go, I said it, it’s out there.
When I come home from work (I do have a real job) My first idea for a meal [...]
There are a number of features that set quinoa apart from nearly all the other grains.
Quinoa is gluten free
It has a wide range of amino acids
High in protein and complex carbohydrates
Low in fat but plentiful in vitamins and minerals
This is a list taken from a packet of quinoa to show you more detail
Quinoa Nutrition Chart
Typical [...]
This simple quinoa pilaf recipe is taken from a Granovita packet. You can adapt it by changing the fruit or juice flavour. You can also blend chopped fresh fruit with it just before serving and put a dollop of cream on top.
Serves 8 -10
Preparation and cooking time - 30 minutes
1 cup quinoa
3 cups orange juice
1/2 [...]
Quinoa flour is a processed form of quinoa. It looks like standard wholemeal flour but cannot be simply substituted for it. This is because the make up of the grain is quite different to wheat grain.
To make recipes with quinoa flour you need to create them from scratch. Altenatively you can mix quinoa flour [...]
This recipe is taken from a packet of quinoa from Infinity Foods.
This is really a type of quinoa salad and is a good method of preparing the quinoa dish ahead of the serving time and keeping it in the fridge.
Quinoa Tabouleh
Ingredients
250g cooked and cooled quinoa as per quinoa cooking instructions here
3 chopped tomatoes
4 chopped [...]
