I was just wondering how many of you use quinoa instead of rice? It is a gluten free grain that contains some protein.

Our family has eaten quinoa for years. I toast it in a tiny bit of oil, add broth (1c quinoa:2 c broth), cover, cook 15 min on med heat and serve with a dollop of ff Greek yogurt as a side dish. I've made muffin cups with it, eggs, chicken Italian sausage, broccoli and cheese. They end up being about 15 gr Protein each.

There are tons of recipes on Pinterest.

I use it to replace rice sometimes. But I'm just starting out so I'm counting calories so I limit my amount of it. Calorie wise it's kinda high just like rice and pastas. So even though it's healthier I still only have 1/4 cup of it after my protein.

I switched us over to mostly quinoa several years ago. There are some things that only rice will go with, but if we are going to have a starch, it will almost always be quinoa.

ME ME ME ME

Use it with everything very versatile

I love it, as do my kids. It has so much great nutritional value. I make it with vegetable broth, black beans, cilantro, and crushed red pepper..

So glad to see that others also like quinoa. I have a collection of recipes if anyone wants some.

Never tried it but see many good reply about it putting it on my grocery list more recipes will be appreciate thank you

Is it not something you get stuck on easily?

I have never gotten stuck from quinoa. It is much smaller then rice.

Quinoa is smaller than rice and does not clump up like rice does. It feels more like cous cous, if you have ever had that.

I haven't gotten stuck either since they are so small. Technically, it is a seed used like a grain and here is some info about it's nutritional value ....

http://chetday.com/quinoa.html

and here's a recipe my family loves, you can omit the corn if so desired

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quinoa-and-Black-Beans/

It is a grain.

Guys, thanks for all of the great responses--I had previously told my wife that I couldn't eat anything like this but wow--what a great alternative to rice! Thanks!

I had a quinoa tabouli today from a health food store it was amazing and had absolutely no problems with it.