Quinoa

Quinoa came originally from the Ande Mts. it is an enormously nutritional grain containing all eight essential amino acids. It is a tiny grain and, uncooked is round in shape but swells to about 4 times its origainal size when cooked and becomes C shaped, somewhat like a corkscrew.

To cook quinoa, it needs to be rinsed and boiled in water, about a one to two ratio, and left to simmer for about 15 minutes, much as you would cook rice.