Uses for Quinoa

[Susan]

We like Quinoa very much and use it similar to rice.

For instance:

* Cook a small teacup Quinoa (in 2 teacups of water with a little salt. If you like it, you can add Curry or Curcuma.). Roast chicken or turkey in a pan, and use the same pan for steaming some vegetables (I like babycarrots and zucchini), add some herbs if you like and mix the cooked Quinoa into the vegetables.
Thats my last Minute recipe it's really quick

* Cook some Quinoa.
Take small zucchinis, cut them in halves (lengthwise). Take some of the zucchini-flesh (?! how do you call that) out with a spoon so you can "stuff" them.
Roast an onion and some mushrooms with the zucchini-flesh that you scraped out of the zucchinis before, season with salt/pepper/garlic and mix it with the cooked Quinoa. (You can also add olives and/or feta cheese if you like it.)
Fill this mixture into your zucchini-halves.
You need some tomato sauce (I take a can of tomatoes, add 3 dried tomatoes and blend it).
Put the tomato sauce and the zucchini-halves into a casserole (you can add some grated cheese on top) and bake for about 40 minutes (it's ready when the zucchinis are soft boiled).