My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Let me start off by sharing what I love about quinoa.
Quinoa is one of the most protein-rich foods you can eat. It contains almost twice as much fiber as most other grains. And it's rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It's also a great alternative to rice. I love using quinoa with various bean recipes that I make. I've prepared quinoa as a side dish, or even as a main meal with other added ingredients. I've also tossed it into hot soups during the fall and winter months, such as minestrone. Quinoa gives soup more of a stew-like consistency.
And to top it off, quinoa is very inexpensive.
Quinoa is one of the most protein-rich foods you can eat. It contains almost twice as much fiber as most other grains. And it's rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It's also a great alternative to rice. I love using quinoa with various bean recipes that I make. I've prepared quinoa as a side dish, or even as a main meal with other added ingredients. I've also tossed it into hot soups during the fall and winter months, such as minestrone. Quinoa gives soup more of a stew-like consistency.
And to top it off, quinoa is very inexpensive.
My favorite is Trader Joe's. I've tried all three, but the tricolor quinoa is the one I purchase most frequently...
Okay, so now let me tell you what I hate about quinoa.
It's only one thing. But that one thing is a royal pain in my arse.
It's messy. And when I say messy....I mean capital letters, bold type, quotations, and exclamation points, "MESSY!!!!"
And I don't care how careful I am when I prepare it or eat it, I end up finding quinoa grains all over my apartment. For DAYS! I find it stuck to the walls in the kitchen, the refrigerator door, the carpets, tables, cabinets, hardwood floor, and my arms, legs, and feet. Quinoa grains are like those maddening tiny fruit flies. You can never catch them because they fly around the room so fast and then vanish, and then suddenly return out of nowhere.
That's quinoa.
Oh, and get this. Even after thoroughly brushing, flossing, and using baking soda to rinse my teeth at night, I always discover a few quinoa grains that flush out of my mouth the following morning after brushing my teeth. It as if those nasty grains were stubbornly hiding out between my teeth all night as I slept, just to annoy me in the morning. I'm starting to believe there's a quinoa conspiracy against me.
Do you know what?
I think quinoa should come with a warning label on the package that reads: Although Good For You, Quinoa is Sneaky, Vengeful, and Evil! (not to mention: A HOT MESS)
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Over the weekend, I made a mixture of pinto beans and quinoa, with fresh plum tomatoes, shredded carrots, corn, arugula, mild spices, olive oil dressing, and shavings of asiago cheese. I also had some lime/sea salt tortilla chips with hummus.
It was heavenly!
Sunday afternoon, I had the leftovers for lunch.
Here are a few examples of what I mean by how MESSY quinoa can be...
Wishing you a messy-free week, y'all
💗
Okay, so now let me tell you what I hate about quinoa.
It's only one thing. But that one thing is a royal pain in my arse.
It's messy. And when I say messy....I mean capital letters, bold type, quotations, and exclamation points, "MESSY!!!!"
And I don't care how careful I am when I prepare it or eat it, I end up finding quinoa grains all over my apartment. For DAYS! I find it stuck to the walls in the kitchen, the refrigerator door, the carpets, tables, cabinets, hardwood floor, and my arms, legs, and feet. Quinoa grains are like those maddening tiny fruit flies. You can never catch them because they fly around the room so fast and then vanish, and then suddenly return out of nowhere.
That's quinoa.
Oh, and get this. Even after thoroughly brushing, flossing, and using baking soda to rinse my teeth at night, I always discover a few quinoa grains that flush out of my mouth the following morning after brushing my teeth. It as if those nasty grains were stubbornly hiding out between my teeth all night as I slept, just to annoy me in the morning. I'm starting to believe there's a quinoa conspiracy against me.
Do you know what?
I think quinoa should come with a warning label on the package that reads: Although Good For You, Quinoa is Sneaky, Vengeful, and Evil! (not to mention: A HOT MESS)
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Over the weekend, I made a mixture of pinto beans and quinoa, with fresh plum tomatoes, shredded carrots, corn, arugula, mild spices, olive oil dressing, and shavings of asiago cheese. I also had some lime/sea salt tortilla chips with hummus.
It was heavenly!
Sunday afternoon, I had the leftovers for lunch.
Here are a few examples of what I mean by how MESSY quinoa can be...
Note: I don't eat like a pig, I eat very carefully. But it's as if with every mouthful I took, the quinoa just flew all over the place...
Here are some grains that I found on the floor below the table...
And I found these grains on the floor, waaaaaay over on the opposite side of my studio apartment. When I first spotted them I thought they were little bugs. But then I realized they were quinoa and thought, "How the hell did they get all the way over here?!?!"
I don't know. I honestly can't understand why I have "messy" issues with quinoa.
Perhaps I just think that I'm neat when I eat.
But perhaps what I really am is...
Pig Pen.
Wishing you a messy-free week, y'all
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