One cup
of uncooked quinoa makes a LOT once its cooked, more than my salad recipe requires, but cooked quinoa keeps well in the fridge and can also be frozen and thawed weeks later without any issue.
Other fun facts about quinoa: it's rich in amino acids, it's a relative of spinach and Swiss chard, and 1/4 cup
of uncooked quinoa contains loads of manganese, magnesium, and iron.
Instead, this powered - up oatmeal stuffed in my apple has been fortified with extra taste, texture and nutrition thanks to the
addition of uncooked quinoa, nuts, seeds, dried fruit and spices mixed together with my dry, quick - cooking oats.
Quinoa expands when it cooks so one cup
of uncooked quinoa will make a greater quantity of cooked quinoa.
Did you use one cup
of uncooked quinoa?
1 cup
of uncooked quinoa (prepared with vegetable stock according to the directions on the package)