Archive for the 'Quinoa information' Category

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 [...]

Quinoa Seeds now grown in the UK!

I admit this is a misleading headline, straight up. What has happened is that in a fit of enthusiasm I took some quinoa seeds from a packet in the kitchen and put them in my tiny veg plot. Now 2 weeks later the quinoa seeds have germinated and I have to thin them out. They [...]

Amaranth is as good as Quinoa

If you pick up a packet of Quinoa grains and amaranth grains they look so similar that you wonder if they are in fact the same product.
They belong to the same plant family and share many of the health benefits. Both these grains have almost identical nutritional profiles. The first noticeable difference is that the [...]

I admit that quinoa can become quite addictive

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 [...]