Quinoa.
I
cannot stress enough the power of this beautiful beautiful grain. This
delightful gluten free filler delivers all of the nutritional benefits
of animal protein without the fat and calories. Please please I am
begging you to cook this up and have it in your fridge all week!! Your
possibilities are endless as you can add it to soups, cold salads, side
dishes, pilafs...I have been using it in particular as a meat
substitution in all my Mexican dishes and I don't miss the meat one bit.
Directions:
Using two cups of liquid per cup of quinoa.
combine liquid and quinoa in a sauce pan or rice cooker. Bring the
mixture to a vigorous boil, then lower heat and simmer, covered, until
quinoa is tender but still chewy and white spiral-like threads appear
around each grain, about 15 minutes.
You can make a larger batch of
quinoa and store it in your refrigerator. During the week as you need
it, pull the desired amount of cooked quinoa from your refrigerator and
add to your favorite recipes.
I am pretty sure they sell it at most local grocery stores...we get ours at BJs (similar to Costco) and it lasts FOREVER.
Here is where to get it online:
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