Keen on Quinoa

Oct 22nd, 2008 by katesaltfleet

Tonight I cooked quinoa for the first time in ages. I had forgotten how good it tastes. Apparently quinoa isn’t a grain at all but seeds of a pseudocereal. No I didn’t make that up, it’s in Wikipedia, so it must be true! The origins and history of this little seed are quite fascinating, it’s a damn shame our Spanish text book didn’t go into this detail when we were looking at indigenous peoples of South America.

I didn’t get a pic for you (my folks already think this vegan thing is getting out of hand, I just cannot be bothered with the aggravation if they see me taking photos of my dinner!). You will just have to believe me that I cooked my quinoa with green raisins and pumpkin seeds, and it complemented my lentil dhal beautifully. Another way I’ve had quinoa is as a salad with dried mango. Yum!

Note to self: must make an effort to eat this fabulous food more often, it’s just as easy to cook as rice and couscous.