Have you ever tried quinoa (keen-wah)? My mom suggested it the other day so I picked up some at our local Whole Foods Market (one of my favorite places, along with Sunflower market). Quinoa is delicious and super healthy (a complete protein plus multiple other benefits). I cringe whenever I feed my family white rice but I do it anyway, because brown rice tastes dirty to me. Quinoa has a much cleaner taste and a thousand times better than white rice. I have used it the last couple of nights as a bed for a nice large salad with lots of baby greens, other veggies, drizzled with olive oil and some salt and pepper. Delish!
Quinoa is really simple. Just soak in warm water for 15 to 30 minutes, rinse a few times (to get the bitter shell to come off) and then add 1 1/2 cups water to every 1 cup of quinoa, bring to a boil, and simmer for 20 minutes or so (basically like rice).
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