Regular white quinoa... oven at 375 per directions.
Mostly selected for their color, they can vary slightly from
regular white quinoa in texture when cooked, but all three are essentially interchangeable.
Not exact matches
1 c.
quinoa (I mixed red and
white together) 3/4 c. coconut milk, whisked smooth * 1/2 c. water 1 T. ground turmeric 1/4 c. tamari soy sauce (or
regular if it's what you have) 3 T. fresh squeezed lime juice 1 T. fresh ginger, mashed 1 t. chili garlic sauce 1 can Albacore tuna 2 medium carrots, scrubbed Half an English Cucumber 1 sheet fresh Nori, snipped in to pieces (I used Nori powder as I have a small bag of it)
I used
regular white pasta because that is what I had on hand but will try
quinoa next time as suggested.
If you want to keep them gluten - free, you could use rice flour in place of the
quinoa flour or
regular white flour if you don't need them to be gluten - free.
Black
quinoa is very similar to
regular (
white)
quinoa but it has a sweeter taste and needs a little more water when cooking.
Do you just use the
regular «
white rice» setting on your rice cooker for the
quinoa?
I tried to make these a little healthier by using blackstrap molasses instead of
regular, using only 1/4 cup oil and adding 1/3 cup applesauce, and using 1 cup King Arthur
white whole wheat flour and 3/4 cup
quinoa flour.
Quinoa is one of the most popular health foods currently available and it is proving to be especially popular amongst diabetics as a healthy and delicious substitute for
regular high - carb, high - sugar
white pasta.
To help stay slim, avoid or limit refined grains such as
white bread,
white rice and
regular pasta by replacing them with whole grains such as whole - wheat bread, brown rice, whole - grain pasta or
quinoa.