Article Directory :: Food & Drink Articles How To Cook Quinoa By Mandy Kernmore Republish: EasyPublish™ Published: 20Nov2011 Word count: 463 Viewed: 87 time(s) Get Free Content For Your Site Quinoa is an ancient grain from South America that's recently made its way into North American grocery stores. I first became interested in quinoa when I heard about its health benefits. It's full of nutrients and more importantly is considered a complete protein, something that's rarely found in a plant product. It's also very versatile and can be used in anything from soups and breakfast dishes to salads and sides. Many recipes call for cooked quinoa, so let's briefly discuss how to cook quinoa. It's not very complicated and very much like cooking rice. For four servings, you need 1 cup of dry quinoa and 1 ¾ cup of water. Start by rinsing your quinoa (unless the packaging states that it has been pre-rinsed). Since the kernels are very small, I use a mesh strainer to do this. Just give them a quick rinse under cool water and then let the remaining water drip off. Pour 1 ¾ cup of water into a medium sized pot and bring the water to a boil. Add the cup of quinoa and stir. Variations: Before you add the quinoa to the boiling water, you can add some flavoring agents. For example, if I'm making quinoa for a salad or as a side dish, I like to add a little chicken or vegetable bullion powder to the water. You could also use your favorite broth or stock instead of water as the cooking liquid. Turn the heat down and allow the quinoa to simmer, uncovered for 12 minutes. At this point all the liquid should be absorbed and the quinoa seeds should be nice and tender. If there's liquid remaining in the pot, allow it to simmer for a few more minutes. Take the pot off the heat and then use a fork to fluff the quinoa. It's now ready to server or use in recipes called for cooked quinoa. You can also allow it to cool, put it in a container with a lid and store it in your fridge for several days. But what do you do with the cooked quinoa? You can serve it as is as a filling side dish, pretty much the way you would serve rice or couscous. You can also flavor the quinoa by cooking it in broth as mentioned above or by melting cheese into the hot mixture at the end. I also like to use cooked and chilled quiona in a variety of salads. A quick and filling dish is to chop cucumbers, tomatoes, onion and black olives. Add them to a bowl along with some quiona and drizzle everything with Italian dressing. Mix and serve. Ready to learn more? I blog about all things Quinoa at HowToMakeQuinoa.com. One of the recipes I shared recently is this Quinoa Breakfast Cereal recipe It's quick, easy, healthy and most importantly very yummy! EasyPublish™ this article - publishers click here More articles by Mandy Kernmore

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