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Have You Ever Cooked Quinoa or Eaten Some Of It?

I cooked some last night for the first time. Made a simple salad after it cooled down with chopped green onions, tomatoes, sweet orange mini-peppers, and peeled cucumber. Made a salad dressing with olive oil, lemon juice, a bit of red wine vinegar, salt, pepper, a bit of garlic powder & quite a bit of dry thyme herb. It made a large bowlful and thought we’d have it for dinner, but just finished a small bowl of what was left last night….it hit the spot. Tasted like a combination of tabouli and macaroni salad. I can’t eat wheat now so this filled the bill. Plus it’s a complete protein and has quite a bit of iron in it. Nice cool salad for summer. Am planning on making quinoa-maple pudding for breakfast tomorrow morning.
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BalthazarBlake · 61-69, M
I rather like quinoa, Amaranth is very similar to it.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@BalthazarBlake I might like to try amaranth too, would need to get some but I think quinoa is probably less expensive.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@BalthazarBlake Amaranth is considered a super food, has a variety of health benefits including anti-cancer. It is supposed to be easy to grow and harvests at about 3 months after planting. Sounds like Americans need to be growing this grain.
BalthazarBlake · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti I had to buy mine online, I've never see it in my local supermarkets.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@BalthazarBlake are you in the USA ?
BalthazarBlake · 61-69, M
@cherokeepatti I live in London, UK.