Anyone have any great recipe for QUINOA?

greeneyes ↓

Thu, Mar 10 2011, 3:21 pm

Quinoa, Black Bean, & Corn Salad

2 cups vegetable or chicken broth (I use water with MSG free soup mix)
1 cup quinoa
1 can black beans, drained & rinsed
1 cup corn kernels
1 red pepper, chopped
4 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (or to taste)
3 - 4 T. lemon or lime juice (preferably fresh squeezed)
3 to 4 T. extra virgin olive oil
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Cook quinoa according to package directions in broth. Once quinoa is cool add remaining ingredients. Yum! Keeps 3-4 days in the fridge.

(from Norene's Healthy Kitchen by Norene Gilletz)

↑ greeneyes ↓

Thu, Mar 10 2011, 3:52 pm

One more quinoa salad that I haven't tried yet, but that looks really good: (can you tell I love quinoa? Smile

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1 cup cooked quinoa
1/2 cup diced cucumbers, red pepper, & avocado
sprinkle in diced mango, craisins & chopped walnuts
Combine with Italian dressing or sweet vidalia onion dressing

(From Understanding Your Child's Health by Susan Schulman)

centurion

Thu, Mar 10 2011, 4:27 pm

greeneyes, that dish looks so colorful and appetizing! I also tried another recipe from this site and it's delicious:
http://www.imamother.com/forum.....01727
I substituted lemon juice for the wine vinegar

debsters1101 ↓

Fri, Feb 10 2012, 7:50 am

bump!

I was thinking of frying onions and mushrooms and then adding the cooked quinoa but what you all are describing about adding the raw quinoa and water to the fried onions sounds like it would come out much more flavorful. Can I leave the mushrooms in there too? so, fry onions and mushrooms, then add quinoa and water and boil/simmer till water is absorbed?
also as a hint to get the bitter taste out, I usually put a teaspoon or so of chicken soup mix into the water and then let it "boil in" to the quinoa.
yum!

↑ debsters1101 ↓

Fri, Feb 10 2012, 11:17 am

I am ending up making this:
http://www.imamother.com/forum.....01727
it has gotten rave reviews and imamother usually does not steer me wrong! it better be good its for my mother in law who comes for shabbos about once a year lol

dee's mommy

Fri, Feb 10 2012, 11:42 am

I got this recipe on the back of the box of a President's Choice brand of quinoa, and we really enjoy it:

‎1 pkg Quinoa (I suspect it is about a cup of quinoa)
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup diced carrot
1/2 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced sweet red pepper
2 cloves garlic minced
2tsp ground cumin
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt

In small saucepan, bring 2 cups water to boil. Stir in Quinoa Reduce heat to LOW and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork

In large frying pan, heat oil over MEDIUM _ HIGH heat. Cook carrot, onion, red pepper, garlic and cumin for 10 minutes, stirring frequently, or until vegetables are tender. Stir in cooked Quinoa, parsley and salt.
Serve salad hot or cold.

↑ Shopmiami49

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 11:15 am

debsters1101 wrote:

I often do this. I fry onions and mushrooms and add soup mix and raw quinoa and water. When it's ready, I add in a lot of shredded cheese while the quinoa is still hot and mix it all up until it's all cheesy. Also, I don't fry the mushrooms for too long so that they don't get completely mushy.

↑ debsters1101 ↓

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 5:29 pm

the recipe I made ended up delicious!! except I think I either put in too much dressing and/or used too much water when cooking bc it was very mushy and dressing-y. I wound up mixing it with lettuce and it was DELISH!!!!
it never even occurred to me to mix with cheese like that, I will have to try it!!

↑ sarachana

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 5:38 pm

debsters1101 wrote:

I dont know about the dressing, but the amount of water 2:1 is way to much for quinoa...I do 1 cup of quinoa to 1 and 1/2 cups of water and its perfect.

↑ greeneyes

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 6:51 pm

Shopmiami49 wrote:

debsters1101 wrote:

Shopmiami, I will have to try this! I make quinoa with cheese and it's delicious, but I've never tried adding sauteed onions and mushrooms, it sounds really good. Thanks for the idea!

shanie5 ↓

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 7:53 pm

My sister made this for our chanukah party and it was really good:

1 c raw quinoa
1 c edamame
1 red pepper diced
1 yellow pepper diced
1 small red onion diced
1/2 c craisins

Dressing
1/2 c olive oil
1/4 c white wine vinegar
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
3 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Cook quinoa as per pkg. when cool add Veggies & dressing. It lasts for a couple of days.

poelmamosh

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 8:12 pm

flyingmum wrote:

What am I doing wrong?????

I rinsed it very very very well then I cooked it for at least half an hour (1 cup quinoa and 2 cups water) and it still had a little crunch to it.
I flavored it well with soy sauce, fried onions a little sugar but it still had a little bitter taste in the backround.

My DH loved it though LOL

but I didn't Confused

I'm not sure this will help, but I toast the quinoa, dry, in a pan before rinsing it. Gives it a wonderful flavor.

↑ shanie5

Sat, Feb 11 2012, 8:41 pm

chom wrote:

Sautee vegetables: onions, mushrooms, peppers, celery, zuchinni, carrots...
Cook the quinoa as you'd cook rice
Mix them together.

BTW, is quinoa Kitniyus?