Quinoa recipes

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Any recipes? Have you a favourite way to make Quinoa? Savory or sweet?

I like cooking it with warm spices: chopped onions, garlic and ginger, diced courgettes, peppers cooked in ghee/oil with added garam masala, coriander, cumin, fenugreek and chilli. Stir in a batch of cooked quinoa, a handful of peas and a bay leaf with a couple of star anise for extra flavour.

Very nice warm or cold in a salad as it keeps well in the fridge for a couple of days.

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I tried it with mango and chicken. Delicious

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Oh that does sound good. Recipe please?

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Here you go:

Mango Chicken Quinoa Salad

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked quinoa

1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cubed

1 1/2 cup diced mango

1/2 of a large avocado, diced

2 tbsp chopped cilantro

1 tbs chopped green onion

1/3 cup sweetened shredded coconut

1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1/3 cup fresh squeezed lime juice

1 1/2 tbsp honey

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Toss quinoa, chicken, mango, avocado, cilantro, onion, and shredded coconut together in a large bowl.

2. In a small jar or container whisk together olive oil, fresh lime juice, honey. Pour over salad and toss to coat evenly. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Chill for 1-2 hours before serving.

3. Squeeze a little extra fresh lime juice before serving if desired.

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I've done this one a couple of times .... very tasty!

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I cook it mixed with rice so that the picky eaters eat it without turning their noses up too much. So far, so good.

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For a long time my fast and easy staple dinner was quinoa with some sautéed onion, garlic, and hot pepper- along with avocado, then topped with nutritional yeast, Braggs (soy sauce), and sriracha. Scooped up with blue corn tortilla chips. mmm

Also nice is quinoa stuffed onions, (though a challenge here in CH with such tiny onions available) and peppers, too. The sky's the limit with flavoring, you could basically do them in any style you like with what you've got in the cupboard. Add some toasted walnuts or sunflower seeds for more texture.

here's an example

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I tried this one once. It tasted good, but didn't convert me to a quinoa fan.

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I love the recipes from Damn Delicious !

There are also a bunch of great quinoa recipes there; I especially like the quinoa chili and the greek quinoa avocado salad .

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I often add it to roasted veggies, like butternut squash and courgettes and red onions tossed with balsamic vinegar and a bit of olive oil then crumbled feta on top. Roast the veggies with indian or middle eastern spices and some dried chili for a different flavour, with a minty yoghurt dressing. I'm hungry now.

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Some good ideas here to try! My favourite is a kind of quinoa risotto:

Fry a little bit of finely chopped onion until soft.

Add a cup of rinsed quinoa and two cups of chicken broth (could also use vegetable broth). Cook until all liquid is absorbed and quinoa is cooked (about 15 minutes usually)

Add lemon juice to taste - I use about 1/2 of a lemon plus a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese and stir well.

Delicious!

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Being gluten intolerant, I have struggled to find a carb to go with meals which is light and versatile. Potatoes, rice, gluten-free pasta are all good, however, they're heavy going to eat day after day. Quinoa is really light and very calming on the tummy. Full of nutrients too make it a healthy choice, I guess. I am now a big fan after years of not really bothering too much with it.. thought it to be more of a fad than a sound food option.

One thing for sure it's very expensive - I now buy mine in bulk as it's so much cheaper. One of my kids loves it; the other looks at it, makes a face and says: no thanks!

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Appropriate food for this weather! Any recommendations as where to buy quinoa in bulk?

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I prefer Quinoa simple, prepared a heavy dose of oil.

It scrapes off the plate into the dustbin a lot easier that way

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This is delicious. Dead easy and keeps for days...

(PS The pomegranate molasses can be bought at EGE Import & Export on Feldstrasse in Zurich)

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Ah, gbn.. careful with all that oil, you might just slither into the dustbin yourself.. and then where would you be?

In there with all that quinoa..

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The only time I have ever bought it in bulk was from AmazonUK.

I have no clue where you might get it in bulk from in CH. You could ask the health stores to find out where or who they ordered it from.

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I prefer mine served the traditional way - in the Andes!

And not served in Europe, creating an export market, raising the local price and making in unaffordable for the native population.

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You forgot the most important part of the recipe:

"and then grill a nice steak!"

Tom

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I said this before on the forum but got shouted down by the "pseudo-green but actually selfish self-centred fashion freaks" on this forum who can come up with any reason to justify their lifestyle.

"But the locals don't care - we can ship them Weetabix as a replacement!"