Quinoa

I learned to use quinoa when our girls were still babies. Living in Asia, I did not feel comfortable buying ready made food where the list of ingredients was in Chinese, Korean or Japanese only. Because of this, I made everything from scratch…even porridge mixtures as I wanted to avoid the girls being introduced to gluten too early. Since then, I have used quinoa in a variety of salads and also served it warm. Quinoa is very versatile and delicious.

Quinoa comes in white, red or even black. It is gluten free and has a very mild taste. The only thing to remember is to rinse it well in cold water before use as quinoa has a bitter coating. This however, is easily dissolved in water.