Gluten Free Quinoa Salad

By Ken | May 10, 2010

The fact that quinoa itself is gluten free makes preparing a gluten free quinoa salad very easy indeed. This is one of the many reasons for this grain’s popularity. It is so easy to add things to quinoa and end up with a nutritious and satisfying meal It can be ready in minutes. What you add to your salad will depend on what you have in your garden or fridge to put in. Here is a simple idea for one salad recipe

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Cooking Quinoa Grain

By Ken | May 10, 2010

Cooking Quinoa Grain can be done in a number of ways. The way you choose will depend on what type of recipe you are going to use it in. The most basic way to prepare it is by boiling it in water. You use one part of quinoa to two parts of water. Rinse the quinoa under a tap to get rid of any coating on the seeds.

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Quinoa Is The Best Astronaut Food

By Ken | May 9, 2010

I was amazed to find out recently that quinoa is recommended for astronauts on long space flights. I found this out watching a television program that was looking at the best foods you can eat. One of the guests was a former astronaut and there was a top ten foods list. Number one on the list was quinoa.

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The Benefits of Quinoa as an Alkaline Food.

By Ken | May 6, 2010

We all know we need to have a balanced diet in these modern times, but fewer of us realise the benefits of Alkaline foods as opposed to Acidic foods. Until recently, I didn’t know anything about this subject or it’s importance. Then I came across references to work done on Acid Alkaline by Herman Alihara. This set me searching and I discovered that the balance of Acid and Alkaline is vital to our well being.

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Discover The Seven Secrets Of Quinoa

By Ken | May 5, 2010

Quinoa is still relatively unknown in the western world. People who have discovered it know how good it is for you. For others who have no idea if its benefits, they will just walk past it in the supermarket not knowing what they are missing. So if you do not know what is so special about quinoa here are the seven secrets.

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