Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Food thread for the RU at Jan23's on May 18, 1 by wind

wind wrote:
Q U I N O A

hi, you don't really need to follow a "recipe" for Quinoa. We usually always make it with curry because we love that spice; you can use whatever you and your family prefers. Quinoa makes a great dish because you can enjoy it hot or cold and pretty much add whatever you want to it. We make it at least once a week as a side at dinner with just the first 6 ingredients listed below, with at least one kind of dried fruit and sometimes some sliced toasted almonds stirred in at the end. We don't add vinaigrette when we're making quinoa as a dinner side. For a lunch side, I just added more fruit to it with a little vinaigrette. I didn't put in any nuts because some people are allergic to nuts. We almost brought a 4# bag of quinoa for the gift table, but decided on hosta June instead lol

Glad so many enjoyed this wholegrain side! here are the basic ingredients I used:

Quinoa
sauteed onion
minced dried hot pepper
sweet curry powder
ginger
thyme
Craisins
dried cherries
sliced grapes
chopped pineapple

w/ a light dressing of raspberry vinaigrette