What do I do with Quinoa?

[teneastereggs]

Can anyone help? I bought some because I read it was healthy but now I dont know what to have it with- is it plain on its own or do you just have it instead of rice or what?

Here you go!

https://hodmedods.co.uk/blogs/recipes/tagged/quinoa

It's lovely if you mix it with salad
I tend to add some herbs or spices through it when it's cooking, can also cook it with a low salt stock cube instead of just plain water to add a bit of flavour

Buy it with good intentions then leave it at the back of the cupboard like the rest of us?

(Though tbh I mostly just have mine in place of rice / lentils / whatever. Or as part of a salad.)

Use it when you cba to peel potatoes or don't have time to boil rice

Buy it with good intentions then leave it at the back of the cupboard like the rest of us?

Thanks for the suggestions so far and for the recipes from CapaciousHag those look really nice.

I haven’t peeled a potato in about a quarter of a century!

Quinoa takes longer to cook than rice, doesn't it?

We're currently using ours as a substitute for cous cous as we're trying to use it up and probably won't buy it again.

So anything where you need something 'grainy' like with a stew or salad.

Make crack? In all the items I have every trialled - and there are hundreds - I have never tasted anything like this...

A large proportion of my larder comes from them, @teneastereggs. I know things are probably cheaper elsewhere but I love the sense of adventure - and discovering new sources of British grown food. (Also I almost never buy takeaways or processed food, so that’s a saving.)

I like to roast some aubergine, courgette, pepper and tomatoes with a bit of garlic and serve warm with quinoa and olive oil and balsamic drizzled on and some feta crumbled on top.

@BarbaraofSeville I'm thinking of couscous 🤦🏻‍♀️. Ignore me

I chop lettuce, salad leaves, onion, cue, toms, coriander, parsley, and olives really small and mix it with quinoa, mix in a little good olive oil and toss it all together with salt and pepper to taste. Blimming luvly stuff.

Throw it in the bin?

What @AndyandTeddyarewavinggoodbye said.

Or if you don't like waste you could give it away.