Quinoa...

[JayFive]

Anyone know of any good recipes involving this stuff? Seems like a nice alternative to pasta or rice every once in a while (supposedly the only grain that's also a complete protein, also has lots of fiber and a ton of vitamins and blah blah). But anyways, I'm just interested to see if anyone has tried this stuff. My caf at work had it for a while but I didn't like the way they did it (usually a casserole or something).

[PhiSigPhi]

I have some recipes at home. I'll throw them up when i get back. I think it's mainly breakfast stuff though.

I don't think it's a complete protein though. The only complete proteins are meats, dairy (eggs, milk) and Soy.

I think if you mix black beans and brown rice, this makes a complete protein though? That's just a random tip haha.

[JayFive]

Eh, I'm going on what I read. Says that it's got all 9 essential amino acids. I wouldn't really use this as a protein source anyways, I'm just trying to figure out if it's worth eating to give some variety.

[PhiSigPhi]

Definitely worth eating for variety. It's really good stuff.

[HisGirl]

My favorite way to make quinoa is to toss it with fresh squeezed lime juice, black beans, diced tomatoes, chopped onion, and minced fresh cilantro. Unfortunately I have never whipped out my measuring cup/spoons to know how much I put of each but I don't think you can really go wrong and it's easy to adjust for your taste. I typically only use one can of black beans though. And drain/wash the black beans before you toss it or you'll get bean juice all over everything. OH and I also FINELY mince a jalepeno pepper and toss it in there but if you don't like spicy then pass on that.