/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.5532645]

This was my lunch. Tried quinoa for the first time. Was not impressed. Any suggestions on how to prepare it?

[Anonymous No.5532648]

That's fucking depressing

[Anonymous No.5532649]

gross. where's the flavor?

[Anonymous No.5532654]

>>5532645
wow... that looks bland as fuck. at least make a mustard vinegraitte or someshit so that it would have any flavor at all

[Anonymous No.5532655]

>>5532645
Quinoa is not impressive. People only eat it because they think it's "healthy".

[Anonymous No.5532660]

>>5532649
That's what the thousand island is for.

[Anonymous No.5532661]

imo, quinoa is only good in desserts. it's always shitty in savory dishes.

mix some pre-cooked quinoa into a pudding, crumble, or cake batter. pretty good.

[Anonymous No.5532667]

>>5532645
Quinoa by itself is not great, it's just like any other grain. (yes, it's actually a seed for you fucking autists out there) What you have to do is flavour it somehow, like in a salad. Add some finely chopped peppers, tomatoes, red onion, and a lot of parsley and then cover it in a vinaigrette. I like quinoa but would never eat it plain.

[Anonymous No.5532678]

Am I being trolled? This is arguably worse than dipping your steak in ketchup.

Looks fucking disgusting.

[Anonymous No.5532680]

I cook up a bunch of quinoa and spoon a bunch of lentils or curry over it, eating plain like that looks boring and bland

[Anonymous No.5532759]

Its only bland looking coz there's nothing mixed in with the chick peas and quinoa. I see why you separated it tho, seeing as you wanted to know what qiunoas like before mixing anything with it in.
Next time add more col our to the dish. You need some greens. Save the chick peas or quinoa for another dish, no use for them to be together.

[Anonymous No.5532805]

quinoa has no taste. you eat it for nutrition. ıf you cook it with something that has a taste, it will absorb that taste.

[Anonymous No.5532826]

>>5532645

That looks so healthy you won't die. You'd have to kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.5532839]

>>5532667
Anon has got it right. Best as a base for a cold grain salad. Appetizing with mint and alliums/etc.

[Anonymous No.5533125]

>>5532645
>This was my lunch.

Are you posting from a Soviet gulag?

[Anonymous No.5533151]

steam, towel, spices, salt, little bit of olive oil, peppers, some lemon

[Anonymous No.5533447]

>>5532645
I legitimately shed a tear for you.

Next time, skip the quinoa, skip the pink shit, skip the egg, cook the mushrooms with some onions, and mash up the chickpeas and slather it over a goddamned steak.

[Anonymous No.5533461]

cook quinoa in milk and add a sliced apple and cinnamon 2 minutes before its cooked through. very nice breakfast

[Anonymous No.5533463]

>Any suggestions on how to prepare it?
quinoa is hipster garbage

[Anonymous No.5533467]

cook it, toss with sliced strawberries, mango, red onion, cilantro/mint/parsley/whatever, jicama, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper and/or whatever sounds good.

[Anonymous No.5533468]

>>5532661
>add a bunch of carbs to a carb-heavy dish without improving the taste or texture

[Anonymous No.5533480]

>>5533461
Or you could eat oats at 1/10 the cost with superior macros/micros/& taste

[Anonymous No.5533493]

>>5532645
with feta cheese and dried cherries

[Anonymous No.5533497]

>>5532645
quinoa is good prepared like pilaf or other grain-based sides. But then, why would you want to pay $12/pound for quinoa when you could have bulgur for less than a dollar/pound?

Don't eat the hype. It's a foodie trend.

[Anonymous No.5534874]

red quinoa has a more nutty flavor, remember to rinse with cold water before cooking. but i usually just do it with some honey and butter for a nice morning meal

[Anonymous No.5534877]

If you're scrolling quickly down the front page it looks like a dead hedgehog that is bleeding burger sauce

[Anonymous No.5534881]

I usually do quinoa as a cold salad. Vinaigrette, some crumbled cheese, some diced onion, diced cucumber, whatevers around really. Think like a tabbouleh.

[Anonymous No.5534941]

>>5532645
That is the beigeist beige platter of beigey beige that's ever come out of beige town.

[Anonymous No.5534956]

I personally flavour it while I'm making it soft. So If i'm eating quinoa, I don't use dressing. Ive done: chilli, lemmob/garlic, coconut lime flavoured quinoa in salads with no dressing, the quinoa is the flavour

[Anonymous No.5534981]

pickled carrot salad
>quinnoa, steamed-absorption method
>shave carrot and put in pickle(equal sugar,water,vinegar)
>mint
>rasins
>pine nuts
>chardonay dressing (emulsify chardy oil dijon mustard)

that should keep a hippy vegan like you happy?

[Anonymous No.5535004]

>>5532660
you're a sick fuck

D- try better next time

[Anonymous No.5535011]

>>5532660
please leav

[Anonymous No.5535914]

>>5533497
I eat a plant based diet so it's nice to get all my essential aminos in one grain. plus the health food store down the block from my house sells it for $5/lb, so while it's still pretty expensive compared to other options it's not quite as bad as $12/lb

[Anonymous No.5535961]

I like to cook quinoa in chicken stock and serve with curried vegetables or moroccan chicken

Make sure you cook it longer than when you think it's done.

[Anonymous No.5535985]

>>5532645
I usually cook it in chicken or veggie stock and add green peas.

[Anonymous No.5536404]

Just fucking mix it into your oatmeal next time. That way you still get the benefits but it's not so boring.

Or dump it into a soup.

[Anonymous No.5536422]

>>5532645
Eating quinoa is a death sentence for the peasants who grow it.

[Anonymous No.5536450]

>>5536422
>that will show dem hippie libruls

No. I suggest you read more.

[Anonymous No.5536490]

This is my lunch for next week. I tried to keep it reasonably healthy.

quinoa
ground chicken
corn
black beans
3/4 of an onion
3 cloves of garlic
salt, pepper, and a generic southwestern seasoning blend

It's not bad.

[Anonymous No.5536491]

> tried quinoa salad (bits of cucumber, tomato, red pepper, vinegarette, etc.)
>notsobadman.jpeg

would eat again/10

[Anonymous No.5536493]

>>5536490
>ground chicken
?

[Anonymous No.5536495]

>>5536490
goddamnit I hate posting from my phone

[Anonymous No.5536501]

>>5536493
Not in a sense of water chicken or air chicken, but like ground beef. I thought about just getting chicken breast and chopping it up, but that's only cheap in bulk.

I would have used delicious pork but chicken is leaner.

[Anonymous No.5536503]

>>5536495
disgusting

[Anonymous No.5536506]

>>5536490
>3 cloves of garlic

Quadruple that at least.

[Anonymous No.5536507]

>>5533468
assuming you eat the same volume of food, it'a healthier that way

[Anonymous No.5536538]

I use quinoa in a couple dishes that I otherwise use bulgur wheat or couscous for. Both involve cooking the quinoa separately then mixing it with everything else when it's cooled a bit.

One is a grain- and veggie-heavy quasi tabbouleh salad (an authentic tabbouleh would have more parsley, and adding heathen vegetables like chopped carrots would get your head cut off in some corners of the world). Just add some nice olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, mint, salt, pepper, and whatever vegetables you have that are good (chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, peppers; onion & garlic if they suit you).

The is derived from a simple couscous/artichoke heart/walnut dish: some chopped marinated artichokes, fresh dill/mint/parsley (I go heavy on the dill, skip parsley, it just depends on what you like), freshly toasted walnuts, olive oil & maybe a little of the marinated artichoke liquid. Add chopped scallions and minced garlic if you like em. Season to taste.

[Anonymous No.5537156]

>>5536495

[Anonymous No.5537189]

>>5532645
Make a cheese broccoli casserole out of it.

[Anonymous No.5537348]

I get these packets of quinoa that come with their own blend of seasoning and then I just chiffonade some kale with maybe a little soy sauce and garlic powder sprinkled on and toss it in after it's cooled off a little so it just lightly wilts. So good.

[Anonymous No.5537725]

>anon tries to start eating healthy
>has no fucking clue what he's doing

get help

[Anonymous No.5537758]

>>5532645
WHERE'S THE FUCKING MEAT OP?

[Anonymous No.5538306]

>>5537758
Meat is murder.