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quinoa with herbs
Quinoa (“KEEN-wa”) is super delicious AND super nutritious!
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Prepare Ingredients
Gather Cooking Equipment
In medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and salt and cook, stirring occasionally with wooden spoon, until softened, about 5 minutes.
Add quinoa and cook, stirring often, until quinoa begins to make popping sounds, 2 to 3 minutes.
Carefully stir in broth and bring to simmer. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook for 10 minutes.
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Food for Thought
Why You Wash Quinoa
Quinoa is one of the most nutritious and delicious foods on the planet. It’s one of the rare plants to contain all the proteins the human body needs. Nutritionists call it a “complete” protein because it contains the nine amino acids essential to human health. While quinoa is cooked like a grain, it’s actually a seed native to the Andes Mountains. Quinoa has a natural bitter coating that keeps birds away. Washing the seeds removes the bitter coating and is recommended. You can buy prewashed quinoa (read package labels). If in doubt, rinse the quinoa before using it.
Place quinoa in fine-mesh strainer and rinse under cold, running water until thoroughly moistened. Turn off water. Shake strainer to remove excess liquid.
