Main courses

You are here:

Recipes > Easy Quinoa

Easy Quinoa

Ingredients

90g/ 3oz of BiOFAIR Quinoa Grain or BiOFAIR Quinoa Tricolore Grain

Double the amount of water of stock (e.g. if using 180g quinoa, use 350ml liquid)

1/2-1 tsp mixed dried herbs

1/2-1 tsp cinnamon

Black pepper (and salt to taste)

Preparation

1. Wash and rinse the quinoa then dry roast it in a heavy bottomed saucepan for a minute or two, stirring constantly.

2. Add the liquid, herbs and cinnamon, bring to the boil and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until tender (and white tails of the quinoa show).

3. Stir occasionally. Add a little more liquid if it starts to dry out and stir well.

4. Remove from the heat and allow to stand for 5 minutes or until all liquid is absorped.

Recipe courtesy of The Big-D: defeating diabetes with the D-Diet. Published by the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation http://www.vegetarian.org.uk/campaigns/diabetes/guide/index.html

Windmill products used in this recipe