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The nutritious little seed tastes great and is fast and easy to prepare. If you want to eat healthy foods try cooking quinoa. Quinoa is very nutritious. It tastes great and is fast and easy to prepare.

With a taste somewhere between rice and lentils with a nutty flavor it is a very good replacement for rice, pasta, couscous or potatoes.
Quinoa is very nutritious and a good source of:

• vitamin E
• vitamin B
• vitamin C
• calcium (contains more than milk)
• phosphorus
• iron.

Since quinoa contains all essential amino acids it is an excellent source of protein. But it is still much easier to digest than proteins from meat and dairy.

Want to lose weight? Then quinoa is perfect for you. Quinoa is gluten-free and has a low Glycemic Index (GI) which makes it prefect for anyone with diabetes or anyone who would like to lose weight.

How To Prepare Quinoa:

To bring out the great nutty flavor prepare it like this.

1. Most quinoa needs to be rinsed before you boil it.
2. Boil the quinoa according to instruction on the package.  Usually you need 2 cups of water for 1 cup of quinoa . Boil until the water has been absorbed (10-15 min).
3. Alternative  to bring out the nutty flavor: Take the boiled quinoa and fry it gently with sliced garlic in wok or frying pan.

Other spices that work really great with quinoa are cumin and coriander and fresh herbs.

Quinoa is prefect to add to soups,  stews and chili.

When you make a quinoa salad cook the quinoa according to step 1 and 2 above. Let it cool. Then simply add your favorite salad ingredients. Truffle oil and basil makes your quinoa salad absolutely fabolus.

Or why no start you day with hot quinoa cereal.

Ingredients (serves 4)

2 cups water
1 cup quinoa
1/5 cup raisins
1/5 cup dried apricots
2 teaspoons of chopped almonds

Bring the water to boil. Add quinoa and boil at low temperature for 5 min.
Stri in the other ingredients and heat gently until all the water is gone.

Another way to get a really healthy breakfast is to drink a Loaded Quinoa Smoothie. The protein is prefect to kick start your metabolism in the morning. It is also a great drink before and after exercise.

For more healthy cooking ideas with quinoa, try for example Quinoa Paella.

The Incas worshiped quinoa and referred to is as “mother of all grains”. The seed is seen as one of the reasons that the Incas became so powerful. When the Spanish came they banned quinoa to weaken their opponent.

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