A replacement for rice!! or oatmeal!! finally!!

[Dozer1980]

Quinoa
Regarded as a sacred food by the Incas, quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) provides a wide range of vitamins and minerals. This supergrain seed contains more protein than most cereal grains (22 grams per one cup/250 millilitres uncooked quinoa) and is considered a complete protein because it contains all eight of the essential amino acids we need for tissue development.

Quinoa is higher in calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, copper, manganese, and zinc, and lower in sodium compared with wheat, barley and corn. This gluten-free grain also receives an honourable mention for being low in saturated fat (one gram of fat per one cup/250 millilitres uncooked quinoa).

Dietary uses: Quinoa can be substituted for most hot cereals and is a good replacement for rice. Cook it like porridge, include it in casseroles or stews, or add it (steamed, toasted or baked) to soups, salads or desserts. You can also use ground quinoa in breads, cookies, puddings, muffins and pasta. It's available in most grocery and health food stores.

Sounds like a perfect food for us no?

[Ritch]

^^^ Interesting, will have to see if they carry it at the grocery store. Did you find some at yours?

[Adonis13]

yah good news forsure, gonna look into this. read about it in Flex a few months ago but there wasnt much info on it

[O-Train]

Sounds great, although it might be hard to get in large amounts for a reasonable price.

[5151]

if someone sees this at their local grocery store let us in on the price and whether or not it tastes like shit.

[hyperlite32]

How many carbs per cup?

[Dozer1980]

not sure on the carbs hyper ill look into it and ill tell ya the price tommoro goin to go get a bunch.

[nisser]

the replacement has been around forever and it's called lentils and its even better as far as protein/fiber content.

You can find quinoa at a lot of healthfood stores. If you're in calgary the healthfood store just off of 14st sw behind coop carries it.

it's too expensive imo

[Dozer1980]

per 1 cup uncooked quinoa

Calories 636 Kcal
Fat 10 g 15 % of 65g
Saturates 1 g 5 % of 20g
Monounsaturates 2.61 g N/A
Polyunsaturates 3.99 g N/A
Cholesterol 0 mg 0 % of 300mg
Sodium 36 mg 2 % of 2400mg
Carbohydrates 117 g 39 % of 300g
Fiber 10 g 40 % of 25g
Sugars 0 g N/A
Protein 22 g 44 % of 50g Excellent Source

Retinol 0 µg N/A
Vitamin C 0 mg 0 % of 60mg
Calcium 102 mg Source of Calcium10 % of 1000mg
Iron 16 mg Excellent Source of Iron89 % of 18mg
Vitamin E 0 µg N/A
Vitamin K 0 µg 0 % of 80µg
Thiamin 0 mg 0 % of 1.5mg
Riboflavin 1 mg Excellent Source of Riboflavin58.82 % of 1.7mg
Niacin 5 mg 25 % of 20mg
Vitamin B12 0 µg 0 % of 6µg
Pantothenate 2 mg Good Source of Pantothenate20 % of 10mg
Potassium 1258 mg Excellent Source of Potassium63 % of 2000mg
Phosphorus 697 mg Excellent Source of Phosphorus70 % of 1000mg
Magnesium 357 mg Excellent Source of Magnesium89 % of 400mg
Zinc 6 mg % of 15mg
Vitamin B6 0 mg 0 % of 2mg
Folic Acid 0 µg N/A

takin from another source.

[Dozer1980]

but personally i dont want to eat lentils at 6 A.M

[Dozer1980]

the replacement has been around forever and it's called lentils and its even better as far as protein/fiber content.

You can find quinoa at a lot of healthfood stores. If you're in calgary the healthfood store just off of 14st sw behind coop carries it.

it's too expensive imo

The United Nations has even classified this super-food as a “super-crop.” Quinoa contains more protein than any other grain (an average of 16.2%, compared with 7.5% for rice, 9.9% for millet and 14% for wheat). It’s also a good source of dietary fiber and is high in magnesium, potassium and iron and a good source of phosphorous, calcium, vitamin E and several B vitamins. Quinoa is also gluten-free and easy to digest. It contains an almost perfect balance of ALL EIGHT ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS needed for tissue development in humans.
Quinoa is not a true cereal grain but technically a fruit of the Chenopodium family. Quinoa’s relatives include spinach, beets and Swiss chard. It is used as a grain and substituted for grains because of its cooking characteristics.

Lentils do not have all 8 amino acids
courtisy of the food network. And they taste like shit imo unless u eat soup all the time.

[nisser]

That's great. Have you tasted quinoa? It's not that much better.

Now do a price comparison.

[Houstonbc]

quinoa is a nice change once in awhile but i still prefer brown rice

[kloan]

i dont like the stuff... id also like to see you actually manage to eat a full cup of the stuff.... that's a cup uncooked.. it puffs up... blech.

if i were a vegetarian, im sure thered be some sort of recipe to make it more palatable, but other than cooking it up and mixing oil and salt, i have no idea how to make it taste good. i dont care for the texture either...

my mom's been trying to get me to switch for years. its very healthy, thats for sure.

[Dozer1980]

just thought it was intersting thats all never heard of it b-4 now

[cedric]

quinoa is tasty as hell. bulk barn carries them.

[waderow]

yo uwill find it cheaper at the health food supermarket where they have bulk grains etc.

you can buy it bulk often. very popular. also nice to add to salad

[GreatWhiteNorth]

yo uwill find it cheaper at the health food supermarket where they have bulk grains etc.

you can buy it bulk often. very popular. also nice to add to salad

Just the interesting thing is that Quinoa isn't a grain, it's actually a seed :)

There's lots of interesting recipes out there for it; I still stick with my oats because I love them. I switch it up between Oat Bran, Steelcut Oats and Large Flake Oats.

[ezturbo]

Lentils make me stink like shit.


Yep.