There are so many quinoa recipes. Quinoa salads, mac and cheese with quinoa, quinoa muffins and cakes, etc etc. Cooking quinoa is the first step for most of these recipes and considering how horrible I am at cooking rice over the stove, I was not really interested in trying to cook quinoa. I then noticed that many people suggest cooking it in the rice cooker instead. Why not? I mean quinoa is a grain very similar to rice, would it really work in the rice cooker?
I figured I'd try it out. The key seems to be that for every one cup of quinoa, you must add two cups of liquid. I chose to use one cup of turkey stock and one cup of water for one cup of quinoa. Also, it was noted that one cup of uncooked quinoa becomes three cups of cooked quinoa. Since my rice cooker is a three cup cooker, I only used one cup of quinoa.
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| Uncooked quinoa |
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| Though probably already cleaned, I rinsed it just in case |
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| Just ran it under water in a strainer. Then put it in the rice cooker with a cup of stock and a cup of water |
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| Tada! Worked perfectly! |
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| Delicious. I also added a couple of cloves of garlic to add flavor. Yum! |
Why eat quinoa? It's a great carb that's delicious and ...
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| From Fabfitfun.com |
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