Comments on: Quinoa: Did You Know?

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:28:29 +0000

I love quinoa!
The first time I had it (made for me by someone else, who put cheese on top!!!) I disliked it – a lot. However I persevered, went out to buy the red quinoa (which I prefer way over white quinoa) – and now eat it several times a week. It’s great with roasted butternut squash, courgettes, tomatoes, red peppers and onions. Yum!

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:46:10 +0000

Glad to hear it Jan, thanks for letting me know!

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:41:07 +0000

Darya,

I have finally started eating quinoa and I *love* it! I stopped eating white rice a while back and I simply do not like the taste of brown rice. I searched through your archives to find this article and did more research on whole grains and it seems like quinoa is one of the best sources out there! At least one of the best tasting. It definitely completes my meal.

I took some advice from your post about packing food for traveling but I tried it for breakfast. I whipped out a can of pop top sardines and spread it over my quinoa and had a lovely meal. (I try to keep my carbs closer to the morning as I am trying to lose weight and need the day to work them off)

But thanks a lot! I’ve been eating a lot healthier because of you.

By: pea body

pea body — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:43:53 +0000

Black quinoa is sold at Rainbow Grocery in the Mission District of Frisco, but I personally dont like the little squeak it makes when you eat it, no matter how cool it looks.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:33:20 +0000

As you know I’m just beginning my forays into the world of cooking for myself so I went to the store (Berkeley Bowl) again today. In my random attempts to buy stuff that I might be able to cook I purchased some quinoa (the reason being I faintly recalled this post). I bought white quinoa, but I’m almost positive that they sold white, black and your red quinoa. I’ll be sure to look more closely next time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:52:00 +0000

I went to 4 gorcery stores this past weekend, and couldn’t find the red quinoa either. Must be such a rare and delicious treat…!

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:53:00 +0000

Sonya:

That's awesome, thanks!! I will definitely go get some after I get back.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Canyon Market in Glen Park has Red Quinoa. It’s a block up Diamond from Glen Park BART station.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:41:00 +0000

Quinoa is a hardy altitude tolerant seed that originated and grown in South America, harvested by the Quechua Indians from Peru. Quinoa is the phonetic Spanish spelling of the word that the Indians used, so it originated in the early 1600s when the Spanish arrived in South America. True Story.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:47:00 +0000

Haha, she said Goosefoot, genius!