quinoa salad – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen Making Every Day an Occasion... Simply Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-peonies-32x32.jpg quinoa salad – In Good Taste http://ingoodtaste.kitchen 32 32 Lemon Quinoa Salad http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/vegan-lemon-quinoa-salad/ http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/vegan-lemon-quinoa-salad/#comments Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:18:33 +0000 http://ingoodtasteblog.net/?p=4107 Quinoa has become an absurdly popular kitchen staple for even the most reluctant home cook, but a lot of us barely know how to pronounce it, let alone know what it actually is. Lets just say that there was a steep learning curve from the time I made quinoa to the time I mastered a lemon quinoa salad as pretty and as veggie-full as this one. Cultivated in the Andes for over 5,000 years, quinoa has been dubbed the “the gold of the Incas.” With a slightly nutty taste and as a source of protein, iron, magnesium and fiber, quinoa is one of our healthiest and easiest pantry staples. This salad is packed with super food properties and flavored with lemon juice and a little bit of honey. You could easily substitute ingredients here: green, orange or yellow pepper for red pepper or golden raisins instead of currants to add sweetness. Quinoa is one of the most versatile things you can cook, but before we start, let’s talk basics. How much cooked quinoa will I need to make? 1 cup dry quinoa yields about 3 cups cooked quinoa. A plain cup has about 220 calories, 4 grams of fat, 5 […]

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