Archive for February, 2010

Cooking Quinoa

  • February 25th, 2010
  • Posted in Quinoa

Quinoa is called the ‘mother grain’ and some people call it the ‘Grain of the Future’. It is complete protein with all the essential amino acids. Cooking quinoa is very easy just like cooking rice in a pot. Basic Preparation Quinoa – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Procedure 1. Rinse quinoa in running water [ READ MORE ]

Healthy Lemon (Rice) Quinoa

A while ago, I expressed concern about the protein intake to my one of my friend and she suggested me to try quinoa. She handed me few recipes and also taught me to cook quinoa. Ever since I have been trying many recipes using this wonderful protein rich grain. This is one of the grains [ READ MORE ]

Raw Mango Pickle

This is an instant pickle that goes well with any kind of upma, variety rice etc. Back home, we used to get lots of varieties and one famous for doing this is called ‘Kizhi Muukku Manga’. But, here we get only one variety and that tastes awesome too. This same pickle can also be done [ READ MORE ]

Sandwich with home made peanut butter

I have to wear my thinking hat on for packing lunch for my kids most of the days. My son is fond of peanut butter sandwich. I used to buy one of the leading brand creamy peanut butter from the supermarket. Then as I became more aware, I started buying only the fresh peanut butter from [ READ MORE ]

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