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I love quinoa. I had a quinoa salad the other day. Usually I use it as a grain in place of rice.

I LOVE quinoa! My favorite ways to make it:

- Cook with chicken stock instead of water (so it’s a little richer), and have a little parmesan cheese on top
- Cook and add lemon zest and a bit of lemon juice at the end
- “Summer salad”: quinoa, red onion, jalapeno, cucumber, avocado, lime juice, cilantro. Great with BBQ.

I love quinoa but not in salads. I like it pilaf style as a substitute for rice. I cook it and then stri fry with mixed veggies. Yum.

Not sure if I have tried it, for some reason it looks too "healthy" for me, haha!

I always thought it was a funny word, and in my head I always pronounce it "kin-OH-ah" and I'm afraid I'll actually say that out loud one day, haha.

So funny! I just finished my leftover quinoa for lunch! The way I made it this time was to cook some quinoa in a rice cooker. I also roasted 2 small summer squash, 2 small zuchhini, and a box of halved grape tomatoes. I added those in with the cooked quinoa along with some cooked swiss chard and a small log of goat cheese. Mix it all up, add some salt, and it tastes great! Even DH likes it, and he always complains about my veggie meals.

The other way I like to have my quinoa is mixed with cubed feta cheese, chopped red onion and red bell pepper, dried cherries, and shelled edamame. I put a light vinagarette on top of all of that.