4 Things to Know About Quinoa
Quinoa is actually pretty amazing it's been a popular grain in Andean culrures for thousands of years but it's become particularly popular across the world seeing prices tripled between 2006 and 2011 so here are five things you need to know about quinoa.
1. what is Quinoa ?
Quinoa is known as a pseudo cereal and no i'm not talking about cereal as if it's a box of breakfast cereal cereal is type of grass from the monocot family poaceae things like rice wheat and barley so tack on pseudo and you've got pseudo cereal any kind of non grass that is used much in the same way as cereals so quinoa is pseudo cereal but so is Chia bread net wattle seed and buckwheat number.
2. Protein Party
Quinoa is full of protein compared to other cereals and pseudo cereals and this is largely factored into the boom in popularity of quinoa around the world 100 grams of quinoa will give you roughly 14 grams of protein while 100 grams of rice will give you about 2.6 that's significant.
3. Gluten Free
The popularity of quinoa has also skyrocketed as more people are looking for foods to include in their diet that are nutritious but also gluten-free quinoa is a great diet staple for people who suffer from celiac disease or are gluten sensitive when it comes to.
4. Preparation
There are a few things you should know about quinoa firstly you can store quinoa for up to a year in airtight containers in the dark when it comes to preparing quinoa you are going to want to wash it thoroughly as quinoa naturally has a bitter coating of saponins that can taste a little bit soapy even if you quinoa comes prerinsed it's worth it to grab a mesh strainer and run it under cold water and give it a good wash.
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