Thursday, April 29, 2010

Sacred Quinoa Facts

A sweet post from Katharine about Quinoa, the sacred grain of Ecuador: WHERE DID SHE GO?: Quinoa Soup = SUPERFOOD!


What WIKI has to say about Quinoa: a chenopod, technically...

"Committed to environmental protection and poverty reduction, Andean Naturals offers only non-GMO, organically-farmed products from small producer groups."

Beautiful photos of the Bolivian quinoa planting cycle and harvest.

"Quinoa contains more protein than any other grain; an average of 16.2 percent, compared with 7.5 percent for rice, 9.9 percent for millet, and 14 percent for wheat. Some varieties of quinoa are more than 20 percent protein." - Quinoa.net

Drink "Quinoa Gold" and step back 5000 years. A Rhode Island company developed a Quinoa-based protein drink four years ago.
Quinoa on FoodistaQuinoa
Here's how to make a sprouted quinoa pilaf, at Coconut and Quinoa.

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