Archive for July, 2008

Quinoa and IBS article. Another quinoa health benefit

I write articles in a number of places about quinoa and this one has produced quite a response and been published on a number of websites. I thought I might as well publish it here as well.

Quinoa Can Be Good For Sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome - IBSBy Ken H Jones
Irritable bowel syndrome - IBS [...]

The first restaurant to have quinoa on the menu?

I have just returned from my summer holidays in the UK. I went to the Center Parcs Longleat holiday village - which is a favourite of mine. I was amazed to see that one of the restaurants was offering chicken and avocado salad with quinoa.
What could I do. I had to order it just [...]

Does Quinoa Have a Taste Of Its Own?

As quinoa becomes more popular in the USA and Europe more and more new quinoa recipes are being developed. One of the reasons is that its own flavour is quite mild and so it can be adapted easily to savoury, sweet and even baking recipes.
I have read of people finding quinoa bitter but there is [...]

The Complete Guide To Cooking Quinoa

I wrote this book of quinoa recipes over a year ago. It came out of my experience of trying to find out how to cook quinoa.
Now there are 40 recipes in the guide and a further group of quinoa recipes focusing on quinoa flour and quinoa flakes. The response to the recipes has been [...]

Could you base a weight loss diet on Quinoa?

Because I eat quinoa all the time and because I have lost a lot of weight people are beginning to make a connection between the two. I haven’t actually lost weight directly because of the quinoa but I have found it very helpful in maintaining my weight loss. It is tasty and filling and has [...]