I discovered I really like quinoa
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:34 pm
It turns out that a child's roomate (who ditched him on his apartment) left behind three sizable bags of dry quinoa. So my kid, who recently moved back in while he looks for a new apartment, gifted us the quinoa.
I've never really cared for quinoa. I've had it several times where it was cooked fresh and then served as a side with light seasonings. I found it bland and the texture unsatisfying.
But I needed to do meal prep for my lunches this week and I was excited to be making an ethiopian-spiced lentil dish (recipe here: https://www.cookwithmanali.com/instant- ... ntil-stew/ ) and thought to myself, "Why buy basmati rice when I have all this quinoa. I'll try it over quinoa." Because it's meal prep, I made the stew, cooked up the quinoa and portioned them out equally into three disposable tupperwares and placed them in the fridge. There they stayed for a couple of days until I was ready to have my first lunch.
Katie bar the door! Let me tell you, smother cooked quinoa in a spicy, saucy dish and let it mellow for a few days. Not only does the texture become a bit softer, but the quinoa is absolutely infused with the flavors of the sauce. Holy cow. It's so good. So, I know I'm late to the game, but I'm a big fan of quinoa now.
I've never really cared for quinoa. I've had it several times where it was cooked fresh and then served as a side with light seasonings. I found it bland and the texture unsatisfying.
But I needed to do meal prep for my lunches this week and I was excited to be making an ethiopian-spiced lentil dish (recipe here: https://www.cookwithmanali.com/instant- ... ntil-stew/ ) and thought to myself, "Why buy basmati rice when I have all this quinoa. I'll try it over quinoa." Because it's meal prep, I made the stew, cooked up the quinoa and portioned them out equally into three disposable tupperwares and placed them in the fridge. There they stayed for a couple of days until I was ready to have my first lunch.
Katie bar the door! Let me tell you, smother cooked quinoa in a spicy, saucy dish and let it mellow for a few days. Not only does the texture become a bit softer, but the quinoa is absolutely infused with the flavors of the sauce. Holy cow. It's so good. So, I know I'm late to the game, but I'm a big fan of quinoa now.