Quinoa not only looks disgusting, but tastes it too?

Well I think it tastes and looks like sand and grit!

I cook it with barley to make a porridge. Served with fruit and 0% fat greek yoghurt, it's a great start to a training day.

I cook it with barley to make a porridge. Served with fruit and 0% fat greek yoghurt, it's a great start to a training day.

That's sounds great, minus the quinoa,lol

Training day sounds impressive tho:thumbsup:

Did you wash it first? You are meant to put it in a bowl of water and rub it together, then pour the water off and repeat until the water is fairly clear. This gets rid of the outer "coating" which doesn't taste very nice.

Did you wash it first? You are meant to put it in a bowl of water and rub it together, then pour the water off and repeat until the water is fairly clear. This gets rid of the outer "coating" which doesn't taste very nice.

No, I just bought a pot of something from sainsbury's and shoved it in the microwave. After all, it was a ready meal.

No, I just bought a pot of something from sainsbury's and shoved it in the microwave. After all, it was a ready meal.

Ah, ok. Maybe stick to the digestive thins then!

Ah, ok. Maybe stick to the digestive thins then!

Pah, I won't be buying those unless they're in Jack Fultons. Lol:hihi:

I have quite a healthy diet anyway.

Iceland do a quinoa and bean mix and it's pretty good. £1.49 a bag

Quinoa is really nice and the trick to it is what you do with it. I chop veg very small and make a oil type dressing and toss it all together. Very yummy!

I'm still not tempted to try it again. Maybe next year.

Prefer the red quinoa, it has a nutty taste to it.

Prefer the red quinoa, it has a nutty taste to it.

On a different nutty subject, i mixed black, camargue, briwn and white rice and use this as my rice stock. It has a v distinctive flavour. Yet having ploughed through its blinking nuttyness for maybe a 8 months now, i'm sick to death of it. It doesnt quite act as a fragrant foil to thai curry for example, whereas basmati does. So nuts schmutz, as i imagine they in new york.