Quinoa

I recently came to understand that most people don't know where to start when it comes to cooking quinoa. "Keen-wah." Perhaps you're an experienced quinoa guru. Perhaps your not? What is quinoa?

My personal favorite recipe...
1 cup water, stock or broth
1/2 cup dried quinoa
dash of olive oil
pinch of sea salt

*According to CalorieCount, 1/3 cup of cooked quinoa has 160 calories, 2.5 grams of fat, 3 grams of fiber and 6 grams of protein. 
 
Put all of those things in a pot and bring up to a rolling boil. Drop the heat to very low and put a lid on it. 10-15 minutes later fluff it up and look for any water. Didn't see any? It's ready.

If you want play with eating it not-plain try adding large pinch of a dried herb of your choice. Also consider adding a couple dashes of one of those spices on the back of your shelf that have no idea what to use with.

Pro tip: Just substitute quinoa any time you were going to cook rice for a dish.

Don't stop there either. I really like to rip up some kale, collard greens or chard (after rinsing, of course) stems and all and throw it into the pot when the water starts to boil.

It's really that easy.