What is your favorite way to cook quinoa?

[wallawala]

Help!

I'm looking for some way to jazz up quinoa to be a basic side dish to go along with chicken or fish dinner. I've tried white and did red tonight.

I've tried cooking in broth, and just started also adding 2 cloves of garlic (1 cup quinoa, 2 cups broth, 2 cloves garlic)....

But looking for a little more humpha in my life...

I REALLY, REALLY want to like quinoa, but sorta meh right now.

Any recipes you like? Bonus if they are simple enough for cook after WOHFT day....

[theriviera]

I make in my rice cooker, 2:1 ratio water to quinoa. I add a pinch of salt. I like it, but I usually serve it with something that has a sauce so that adds to the flavor.

[GvilleGirl]

More of a main dish, but this is our families favorite.
https://www.weightwatchers.com/food/rcp/RecipePage.aspx?recipeid=220451

[Tondi G]

cook your quinoa in chicken broth. Saute onion, bell peppers and zucchini in olive oil and season as you like and then mix in with the quinoa. You can add a little soy sauce too if you like.

[sntm]

I read to sauté it in oil first before adding broth

[wellyes]

Serve mixed with black beans, corn and tex mex spices.

[waitingforgrace]

Search for southwest quinoa salad on allrecipes. It's fantastic. I toast the rinsed quinoa in a little oil, then add broth to cook it. The recipe has a great dressing recipe and I add whatever I have-black beans, corn, cilantro, tomato, avocado, etc

[ZivaZ]

If you have leftover quinoa, use it in place of rice in a rice salad. Then it makes a nice main dish or packed lunch. We use quinoa instead of rice in the following recipe (adapted from an old New York Times cookbook):

Cold rice with shrimp
1 c rice, cooked and cooled
3 scallions, chopped fine
1/2 onion, minced or puréed
3/4 c mayo
pinch of ginger powder
salt & lemon juice to taste
2 c shrimp
toasted sesame seeds

1. Put rice, scallions, onion, mayo and seasonings in a bowl and stir until everything is evenly distributed.
2. Add shrimp, stir, and season to taste with ginger, salt and lemon juice.
3. Sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Serve immediately.

[abh5e8]

for a side to fish, i cook quinoa (2 parts water, 1 part quinoa) and some wild rice. then i saute onion, celery, red pepper and mushrooms (and garlic) in coconut oil. mix the 2 and serve with the fish. we love it!

[brittone2]

I've been making a cold quinoa salad for potlucks, new baby meals, etc.

Cooked, cooled quinoa
green onion chopped
clementines peeled and then cut in 1/3 or so and sections pulled apart
feta crumbled up
cucumbers chopped

Toss that together and squeeze a bunch of clementine or orange juice over it, a little olive oil, little bit of salt. You can add cooked chopped grilled chicken pieces, etc. if you want to make it a one dish thing.

Toast some slivered almonds in the oven for a bit and add those in before serving if you have them.