Quinoa ~ "the magical food"

Distilled Water said:
Yea I'll try to trace my steps.

-Rinse the quinoa
-Put 1 cup Quinoa with 2 cups water
-Covered and put it in the microwave for 8 minutes
-Took it out and stirred
-Covered again and put it back in for another 7 minutes
-Stirred in vanilla soy milk until saturated (looked like a bowl of cereal)
-Then I stirred in about 3TBS of honey

Since I was on a carb load I asn't concernd about anything carb wise but it was pretty sweet IMO. You could get away with a little less of both the soy milk and honey.
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Sounds good. Would you say like a cup of soymilk or what?
 
I just bought mine at TJ's after reading this thread....

I'm going to try one half cup of this stuff cooked, with a chopped up banana, blueberries, flaxseed oil, and chocolate whey protein...kind of a cereal.
 
EasyEJL said:
I just realized its pronounced "keenwa"
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I never knew either until I saw a pronounciation key on a package. You'd think it was like key-noah, from the spelling.

On a side note, I saw a quinoa flour tonight in the health section of a local supermarket. I'm tempted to maybe pick some up and experiment w/ it. I might incorporate it into a healthy pizza crust recipe or maybe a pancake mix, etc.
 
nightfly71 said:
I never knew either until I saw a pronounciation key on a package. You'd think it was like key-noah, from the spelling.

On a side note, I saw a quinoa flour tonight in the health section of a local supermarket. I'm tempted to maybe pick some up and experiment w/ it. I might incorporate it into a healthy pizza crust recipe or maybe a pancake mix, etc.
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I thought it was kwinoah like doctor quinnine.... the flour could be interesting, since it has that earthy taste. might make nice pancakes or waffles
 
Distilled Water said:
haha yea I felt like an ass when I went in to the health food store and was looked at like i had no clue what I was talking about until I wrote it down and was corrected.
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i pronouned it qui noah but the this hot chick in her late 20s failed to correct me but showed me exactly where it was!
 
This recipe looks incredible, if you could sub. splenda or the splenda baking blend for the sugar. It's got a lot of butter, but if you were buling, it might not matter. anyway, check it out. Someone make this and let us know. I'll prob. do it myself, soon.

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damn, I should grind some of my raw quinoa into flour to try that. I wonder if the amaranth is a necessity.
 
EasyEJL said:
damn, I should grind some of my raw quinoa into flour to try that. I wonder if the amaranth is a necessity.
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Amaranth is pretty good stuff, too, so I'd just pick up some of its flour and do it according to the recipe, but tweaking the sugar, as I mentioned. If i had the day off, I'd be tempted to make it today. I did send the recipe to the gf, though...lol.
 
I'm just not sure where the nearest hippie store is ;) i'll have to look tonite at publix and see what they have. I have whole wheat whole grain flour here, I could use that i guess.
 
EasyEJL said:
I'm just not sure where the nearest hippie store is ;) i'll have to look tonite at publix and see what they have. I have whole wheat whole grain flour here, I could use that i guess.
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Check out if there's a health food section of the place. A lot of major chains now have very nice little health sections, stocked up w/ a lot of good stuff. If worse comes to worse, Bob's Red Mill has a website that sells it, among other whole grain flours.
 
I was watching Emeril Lagasse last night and he cooked a dish using quinoa. I wouldn't have even realized he was using quinoa if it wasn't for this thread b/c he was pronouncing it the correct way, and I would have never guessed thats how it is said. :thumbsup:
 
Turk said:
I was watching Emeril Lagasse last night and he cooked a dish using quinoa. I wouldn't have even realized he was using quinoa if it wasn't for this thread b/c he was pronouncing it the correct way, and I would have never guessed thats how it is said. :thumbsup:
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how did he pronounce it?
is it pronounced keen-wa?
that's how i've been saying it.
 
just tried some tonight and it is really good by itself. Just make sure you wash it thoroughly. I let mine sit in warm water for 20 minutes, then drain, then rinse again until the water is clear. Threw it in a pot and let it simmer for 20 minutes and eat. No earthy taste at all and it surprisingly does not bloat either.
 
Great stuff I just gave a friend of mine(user name sweetlou32937) ab ox, we'll see how he likes it!
 
How filling is it compared to other complex carbs like oatmeal (pretty filling) or brown rice (i can eat a tonna brown rice without filling up)?
 
BifWebster said:
How filling is it compared to other complex carbs like oatmeal (pretty filling) or brown rice (i can eat a tonna brown rice without filling up)?
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Not filling at all if you're doing 1/2 cup. A cup at a time is pushing the limit, though. I used to do a cup and felt really full and gassy.

Half a cup seems just right. You still have room for some lean meat or something to add protein. You'd already have a lot of good carbs and fiber.
 
It'd be fine just grinding this stuff up like oats to throw into a shake right?

Would it be better to cook it then grind it up?

Also, I'm guessing that it's okay to store this stuff for a long time as long as you keep it dry too?
 
this thread is still alive. awesome!

i would think it would store and can be used exactly like oats.

however it does have a little more of a distinct flavor that oats which are more flavorless. so i'm curious as to how it would taste ground up and thrown in a shake.
 
yeah, thats interesting. i've been buying it by the pound recently, its $2.10/lb I think at a local store
 
Glycemic index is a rather imperfect system.

I finally found some of this guy at Giant Eagle. It's pretty decent. I think it's comparable with brown rice, and tastes delicious with a li'l terriaki sauce.

I dunno about oatmeal, though. I usually put raspberries and whey protein in my oatmeal (delicious, if you've never tried). I did this with quinoa.......um, no. :P
 
thesinner said:
Glycemic index is a rather imperfect system.

I finally found some of this guy at Giant Eagle. It's pretty decent. I think it's comparable with brown rice, and tastes delicious with a li'l terriaki sauce.

I dunno about oatmeal, though. I usually put raspberries and whey protein in my oatmeal (delicious, if you've never tried). I did this with quinoa.......um, no. :P
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Giant Iggle!!! Are you in the 'Burgh?
 
5 year bump lol
 
its a pretty fair replacement for rice, it just has a bit of its own flavor, a sort of nutty/earthy taste.
 
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