Quinoa - "The Slimming Superfood"

[happilytaken2]

^yes sis.

[khriseeee]

I use a ratio of 1 rice : 2 liquid and a tad bit more. I usually season my liquid though - dried herbs, salt + pepper. My fave though is putting in lemon pepper seasoning.

Another fav - making vegetable japanese curry and mixing in the quinoa in with the curry. Sooooo good!!! I can eat 2 bowls in a sitting!

[ross24]

^bigay mo naman recipe mo sis and pano lutuin?
Saan mo nabili yung japanese curry mo? TIA!

[akthung]

**updated post**

masarap gawin salad ang quinoa.

try adding it with

shredded carrots
shredded fresh coconut meat (hindi yung mala pandecoco yung amoy)
beans (red or black)
chopped coriander
chopped spring onion
chopped red bell pepper
shredded red onion
shredded cabagge

plus dressing of your choice.

i prefer to put a little olive oil with lemon juice, and a little red wine vinegar

(meron na may sariling vinigrette recipe.)

then leave it in the ref for a few hours para mag seep yung lasa ng spring onion and coriander...and mag mix with the red wine vinegar, olive oil, and lemon. 

before eating, i put freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste

heaven!

its looks like cold fried rice, not oily or drippy. just right.

healthy. slow release of nutrients and slow conversion to glucose (just dont put veggies that are quickly turned into sugar.)

i opine, if one under cooks the quinoa just a tad bit, soft but crunchy, digestion will be slower. and it will leave you much fuller, less problems for sugar sensitive peeps.

high in fiber

high in protein.

[aquacharly]

I like it cooked in chicken broth instead of water. 

Thanks for the  salad suggestion, AKTHUNG. 

[akthung]

np

broth is good. makes everything tastier even when used with salad.

[artificialstar]

I usually season my liquid though - dried herbs, salt + pepper.

This is how I season mine too. Sometimes I use italian seasoning. I can eat quinoa by itself. So good! Love the nutty flavor.

I will try your suggestion, akthung. Thanks!

[artificialstar]

I will try this since I can't eat without rice but I hope it doesn't taste like brown rice?

It doesn't sis. I don't like brown rice, but quinoa? I'm in heaven. Try it sis

@all: Is 1.5 cups cooked quinoa ok for daily consumption? Tia!

[honeybunny]

I use a ratio of 1 rice : 2 liquid and a tad bit more. I usually season my liquid though - dried herbs, salt + pepper. My fave though is putting in lemon pepper seasoning.

Another fav - making vegetable japanese curry and mixing in the quinoa in with the curry. Sooooo good!!! I can eat 2 bowls in a sitting!

what specific herbs sis? and paano yung lemon pepper seasoning? do u make your own? or it is just simply adding juice of lemon and pepper sa cooked quinoa? thanks

[loranth]

a cheaper alternative for quinoa (though not really cheap) is bulgur wheat...this is my favorite with salad na lemon and olive oil lang dressing..  nasa 400 pesos sa healthy options isang pack 28oz ata.... i saute it sa madaming super hinog na kamatis and a little bit of salt...napapadami kain haha

[prettygretchen]

Which is better red rice or quinoa?

[akthung]

nutrient wise, AFAIK, quinoa.

[angelholics]

thanks for sharing your recipes, i have a quinoa and it is still untouched coz i am clueless on how to prepare it

 

[euwie]

Hindi pa ako sanay with quinoa alone kaya what i do, i mix it with rice. I cook the quinoa with chicken broth and garlic. Garlic rice ang dating hehe.

[roxyhart]

Hubby and I love the quinoa bowls at Slice resto. 

I recently bought and cooked Slice-inspired curried quinoa for my daily baon at work. Ok naman, it's filling.

My maid made a major boo-boo with my quinoa. I asked her to cook champoradong bulgur for breakfast, even showed it to her though she has made one before. To my horror the following morning, lo and behold, she cooked CHAMPORADONG QUINOA for everybody at home, plus more extra servings. As in pagkadami dami, inubos niya. Susme medyo nakaka-highblood. Ang mahal kaya nun, pinang-champorado lang. 

[m_lim]

pwede ba ito gawin arroz caldo?

[akthung]

Y not? But the thing is, imho lang, kaya mabagal mag convert ang quinoa into glucose is because of it being a seed or grainy. But if you're going to mash it up into champorado or arroz caldo, it will be like eating white rice but with more nutrition

[sarsingkit]

^^Yes, I liked it better than rice. I noticed, quinoa, absorbs water more so hindi sya soupy but creamy. But super good. 

[readytogocable]

I also heard lot about this super food for weight lose and it is very useful i must say. People having lot of weight should use this super food. My friend is using this food and she had reduced lot of weight.

[m_lim]

hindi ko type nung ginawang arroz caldo. parang maiz ang effect na ewan. :-(