quinoa recipes

[Eden]

My diet plan

I want to lose ten pounds
only fifteen to go

Diet day 1
I have removed all of the bad food in the house.
It was delicious……..
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lol - that gave me a good chuckle.. I've never rinsed my quinoa. I haven't the faintest idea of whether or not it has come pre rinsed or not, though I do mostly buy it from the bulk foods area. I don't find it to be bitter, so I've always assumed it was already washed, but I may just not know better

[OakLeaf]

I've always assumed it was already washed, but I may just not know better

You'd know. It would be so bitter as to be inedible. Way, way beyond things that are a matter of taste like bitter melon (which I love!) or bitter greens.

It's been a while since I've bought any, honestly. I don't fix a lot of salads at home, as I said I don't care for the flavor of quinoa in pilafs, mock risotti or soups, so mostly when I have quinoa it's in salads at restaurants. Eden brand used to be un-rinsed, though.

[Crankin]

Eden, I knew I was using the incorrect language... I just didn't know how to say what I wanted to say, which is that quinoa does not have an many grams of protein as other proteins. But, it's still more protein than other grains. I do stand corrected, thank you.
Yeah, I buy washed quinoa. I have made the kind that's unwashed, and it's a pain. Those little grains get everywhere in the process! THe unwashed is SUPER bitter if you don't wash it.

[ny biker]

The package I looked at yesterday didn't say anything about rinsed or not, but as mentioned I didn't have my reading glasses so I might have missed it. The cooking directions didn't mention that it should be rinsed first.

(I was in Whole Foods -- I had walked there from my office to get lunch. I always just put my phone and wallet in my pockets and leave my purse in the office, but I guess I've reached the point where I have to bring the darn reading glasses too. I already had to get one of those chains so I can wear them around my neck, like the gray-haired stern librarian lady at our public library when I was little. )

The next time I'm in a grocery store I'll have my glasses so I can read the whole label before I buy.

Thanks!