Quinoa

sockospice

I have tinned mackarel with quinoa, or three bean salad, and it's tasty and cheap.

Gingham_Ribbon

I love quinoa. I boil it, then add it to stews. My favourite is sliced cauldren sausages (tofu ones) with onion, garlic, passata, a few herbs and some seasonal veg, then stir in the quinoa and give it another few minutes.

If anyone does quinoa in the slow cooker I'd be interested to know how and if it works well.

skyepark

buckwheat just eat plain or with garlic butter or chilli. it tastes wuite nice.

kittiwoz

I've never had quinoa but I agree buckwheat is nice. It has quite a strong nuttyish flavour. I've served it as an accompaniment instead of rice with other richly flavoured foods like tomatoey or spiced vegtable bakes. I think it would go well with meat dishes too but probably not delicately flavoured things such as fish which it might rather swamp. I guess it goes with the type of meal you would serve with red wine rather than white (not that I normally have wine). As well as plain boiling it you can coat in in beaten egg, flour it, spread it out on a baking tray and roast it in the oven first. I've never done this myself but my mum remembers her mum cooking it this way and says it is especially nice.

lady_fuschia

Quinoa stuffed beef tomatoes are lovely:

Fry some chopped onion in oil then add the quinoa, a bit of chilli powder, a bit of paprika and a load of oregano. Add 1 tin chopped tomatoes, (or the chopped centres of the beef tomatoes) then half fill the tin with water and add that to the pan too. Leave to simmer until the quinoa becomes translucent and the water is absorbed. Add more water if necessary. Finish by adding a drained tin of kidney beans. Leave to cool a little before stuffing the tomatoes. Replace the lids and drizzle with honey and oil before baking in the oven for ten minutes.

Macnab

see a previous thread in this section titled quinoa and hemp seeds. Read also that you can soak quinoa seeds over night and then eat the shoots, keep meaning to try it but haven't yet

carolt

Has anyone else actually done anything nice with quinoa ie not just tasteless and worthy? Preferably easy. Am sure I'm not the only one who bought it in fit of Gillian McKeith inspired healthy eating fervour and now don't know what to do with it!

Thank you!

jlj_2

I use it cold with cubed feta cheese, chopped raw sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, finely diced raw carrots and olive oil. I take this to work in one of those snap top food containers as a packed lunch.
Also use it (ready cooked) mixed in at the end of stir fries.

lolly5648

Could someone tell me where to buy this. I looked in Sainsburys but couldnt see it. What is it usually next to?

*zippy*

In Sainsburys it is in the health section where they have the wheat free foods, Gillian Mckeith foods etc. In my local store it is on the bottom shelf