Quinoa & Protein.

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Permalink Reply by maegdalene on June 29, 2008 at 10:13pm

I myself love quinoa, but I haven't eaten it since going raw. I just bought some at the store and tried to sprout it, but it didn't turn out so well and it started to go bad. So what do you do - just soak it?

I personally love savory quinoa - I would eat it with garlic, thyme, rosemary, basil, coriander (but not all at once of course!). But like I said earlier, haven't tried it raw...

My biology teacher in high school was always going on about how adding rice to peas made a complete protein, but other than that I have no idea!

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Permalink Reply by Lesley Anne on June 30, 2008 at 12:10am

I'm curious how you prepared your quinoa as well. I love that stuff but I haven't eaten in since going raw. It sounds amazing with almond milk and honey!! I'm sure it can't be that hard to sprout.

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Permalink Reply by RawZi on June 30, 2008 at 12:27am

Quinoa tastes pretty goood. It may be the most health supportive grain. What are those green things you have in it? Mint? Basil? Dill? Anyway. I used to get paid well to prepare quinoa for people, but I'm not posting a recipe here, as it was cooked, and I don't really want to widely support cooking. Is your honey unheated and unfiltered? Is it ever warmed? Who makes your almond milk? Are they sprouted? Cultured? Can they be? Are your dates steamed? Are they ripe? Are the fruits sulphured? Sorry if I'm acting mean. But yeah, savory used to taste very good.

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Permalink Reply by Clement on June 30, 2008 at 3:54am

Sorry guys, it's not my own creation in that photo - I wish it was. Like I said, I haven't managed to try it savoury yet and I think that I can see thyme in that.

As for the rawness, well, only partially raw. I cook the quinoa at the moment although I'm really hoping that someone will come and give instructions on how to get the best sprouted quinoa. The honey is not raw honey and the almond milk is. The other add-ons are all raw. Me = not 100% raw, yet.

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Permalink Reply by RawZi on June 30, 2008 at 3:59am

Where do you get non-steamed dates? I so rarely find live ones. You're kind of lucky. I get sick from heated honey.

I think fennel and sage taste good in savory type flavors.

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Permalink Reply by Blueberry on June 30, 2008 at 9:30am

Hi Clement

Quuinoa is a great easy to digest food.

Hemp seed also has all 8 amino acids too

edamame beans (baby soya beans) also have all 8 as well and are easy to digest, they come frozen and you can just thaw and eat they do not have the negative associations of processed soya.

Also there is a new raw vegan protein made from rice http://sunwarrior.com/

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Permalink Reply by Blueberry on June 30, 2008 at 10:03am

I just remembered that chia seed is also a complete protein.

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Permalink Reply by Clement on June 30, 2008 at 1:52pm

Doesn't soya contain tripsin inhibitors that prevent effective digestion of protein?

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Permalink Reply by The SaladMander on June 30, 2008 at 1:58pm

Can organic edamame be bought that isn't frozen? Is it easy to grow? How long does it take? Where's the best place to get seeds? I eat edamame and then want rice with it. How do you like your edamame Jane?

I use hemp or chia seeds everyday with fruit. What about amaranth?

What flavors in addition to chocolate does the sunwarrior rice come in? Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by May Mae on June 30, 2008 at 1:59pm

I still eat this cooked...Typically make it with veggie broth and then mix it with a tahini/lemon mix or (yes it sounds weird) guac. My BFF makes this yummy cream mix with cucumbers (almost like raita) that also tastes really good with it.

Just my 2 cents. :)

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Permalink Reply by Clement on June 30, 2008 at 4:33pm

You.... mix.... quinoa.... with....


.... guacamole?


Just kidding :)

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