quinoa recipes

[rebeccaC]

Thanks for finding this thread. I like quinoa and have had it in salads and a breakfast cereal in restaurants. When I made it at home, I got a bad stomach cramp (for lack of a better medical description) for about 45 minutes. I didn't get sick, the pain just went away. So of course I tried it again a few days later, with the same results Does this mean it needs to be rinsed better? I bought it in the bulk section of the health food store and so there was no label.

Even though saponin is an edible phytonutrient the coating on quinoa seeds can cause irritations in some people depending on how much saponin there is and/or their bodies lack of enough saponin specific enzymes. Rinse yours under warm or hot water, heat helps dissolve saponin. If you see foam or milky water then keep rinsing until the water runs clear. Then tell the store you bought it from that their quinoa has a lot of saponin still on it and that should be told to customers. The whole foods here guarantees the levels of purity from saponin in there quinoa.