...moron?
The Doc wants me to reduce/eliminate my starch intake, and surprisingly that includes brown/wild rice which I love. Basically I can eat all the meat/chicken/fish protein I want and veggies (as long as it's not potatoes.)
Plus I know I'm not getting enough bran in me.
So I decided to play around with this Quinoa stuff that all the hippies/veg heads and new agers seem to sport woodies over. But my experience with many of those folks is that they wouldn't know flavor if it bit them on the butt.
So today I sauteed half an onion and several cloves of chopped garlic. I soaked a packet of mixed dried mushrooms (porcini amongst them) in 2 cups of boiling water. When the onions and garlic were translucent I sprinkled in a few hot pepper flakes then sauteed a bag of spinach in the pot. When that melted down and the liquid boiled off I hit it with some Madeira, just enough to deglaze, then I diced up the mushrooms and added that to the pot. The added the Quinoa and sauteed the grains to pick up some of the goodness in the pot. Then I added 1 cup of the mushroom liquor, and 1 cup of low sodium chicken stock....after it was cooked I added a hand full of parm/reginno and served it with some grilled chicken thighs.
It was "OK" but still pretty bland despite everything going on. I could have salted the heck out of it to bring out the flavor but that would seem to defeat this whole healthy eating thing.
I found an interesting risotto recipe, and mexican style black beans and Quinoa recipe that looks good and this Cajun Style Quinoa recipe.
Anyone got any recipes to share?
The Doc wants me to reduce/eliminate my starch intake, and surprisingly that includes brown/wild rice which I love. Basically I can eat all the meat/chicken/fish protein I want and veggies (as long as it's not potatoes.)
Plus I know I'm not getting enough bran in me.
So I decided to play around with this Quinoa stuff that all the hippies/veg heads and new agers seem to sport woodies over. But my experience with many of those folks is that they wouldn't know flavor if it bit them on the butt.
So today I sauteed half an onion and several cloves of chopped garlic. I soaked a packet of mixed dried mushrooms (porcini amongst them) in 2 cups of boiling water. When the onions and garlic were translucent I sprinkled in a few hot pepper flakes then sauteed a bag of spinach in the pot. When that melted down and the liquid boiled off I hit it with some Madeira, just enough to deglaze, then I diced up the mushrooms and added that to the pot. The added the Quinoa and sauteed the grains to pick up some of the goodness in the pot. Then I added 1 cup of the mushroom liquor, and 1 cup of low sodium chicken stock....after it was cooked I added a hand full of parm/reginno and served it with some grilled chicken thighs.
It was "OK" but still pretty bland despite everything going on. I could have salted the heck out of it to bring out the flavor but that would seem to defeat this whole healthy eating thing.
I found an interesting risotto recipe, and mexican style black beans and Quinoa recipe that looks good and this Cajun Style Quinoa recipe.
Anyone got any recipes to share?