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by **LegalBeagle** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:34 pm

Hey, NYC Gal, thanks for stopping by my journal.

I've never tried quinoa. I've heard that it can taste bitter or soapy? How did you cook it so that wasn't the case?

by **Chatty** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:38 pm

Board? What board?

I'm going to have to look up that parmesan recipe, it sounds

Anyway, have a great one

Don't mind me I'm just trying out some smilies I have stashed away

by **NYC Gal** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:44 pm

LegalBeagle wrote:Hey, NYC Gal, thanks for stopping by my journal.

I've never tried quinoa. I've heard that it can taste bitter or soapy? How did you cook it so that wasn't the case?

Hey, LB!

On the box I have, it doesn't say anything about rinsing the quinoa, but all the recipes in the recipe forum say to do so. The first time I made it, I didn't rinse. It was a little bitter. This time I rinsed it, which I have to tell ya, was quite a PIA. :lol:

I don't have a colander with small enough holes, so I put 3 paper towels in the colander and rinsed. The quinoa stuck to the paper towels, and I ended up throwing out quite a bit of it!

In addition to rinsing, I made the pilaf recipe in the recipe forum. I chopped veggies, sauteed the veggies and some slivered almonds in a pan, added the veggies, almonds, sea salt, and oregano to the cooked (in vegetable stock) quinoa, and stirred well.

The only thing I didn't do (that was recommended in the recipe forum) was spread out the cooked quinoa and let it dry. I figured this was just WAY too much work to have some @$#% quinoa! :lol:

Anyway, it came out pretty good, but I don't know how often I'm going to go through this process.

Paging Nessa! -- how do you make your quinoa?

by **NYC Gal** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:47 pm

Chatty wrote:Board? What board?

I'm going to have to look up that parmesan recipe, it sounds

Anyway, have a great one

Don't mind me I'm just trying out some smilies I have stashed away

Check out the recipe in the recipe forum (Recipelover's sticky at the top of the forum page). Yummy!

by **ladybugnessa** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:48 pm

i'm not telling how i cook till you tell me what part of NY i am coming to eat with you in...

me i just make it like rice but i use chicken broth instead of water.... and i don't rinse it but i get it at trader joes... i bet they clean it real good...

by **dgurba** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:53 pm

Hey NYC!

I am FINALLY getting round to everyone.....

sorry i havent been by to visit lately..what with the boards blah blah blah...

anyways...how goes it? hope everything is going good for you...and it sounds like it is!

girlfriend, i hope you have a wonderful evening...take care sweetie!

Hugz and kisses

by **Love2paint4you** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:57 pm

Hey NYC!

All of this quinoa talk makes me want to give it a try!

by **NYC Gal** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:51 pm

ladybugnessa wrote:i'm not telling how i cook till you tell me what part of NY i am coming to eat with you in...

I'm in Manhattan (sorry, not Brooklyn). Where are you?

by **NYC Gal** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:52 pm

Hi, Dee and Barb

Barb, try the quinoa and let us know what you think.

by **Chatty** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:00 am

I figured it was in the sticky somewhere, I just haven't had time to look, will soon though.

Got a dental appointment tomorrow to get my teeth cleaned and I also have a couple of pools to clean. DD's MIL is keeping Joseph until 2 when she has to go to work and that should be enough time to get what I need done.

by **Love2paint4you** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:59 am

NYC Gal wrote:Hi, Dee and Barb

Barb, try the quinoa and let us know what you think.

I will, once I get home! No more grocery shopping for me this week with vacation on Saturday. I'm doing my best to make do with what's already in the house!

by **NYC Gal** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:49 pm

Hi, All-

Stomach not feeling well today.

Will try to write later.

by **ladybugnessa** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:55 pm

NYC Gal wrote:
ladybugnessa wrote:i'm not telling how i cook till you tell me what part of NY i am coming to eat with you in...

I'm in Manhattan (sorry, not Brooklyn). Where are you?

Baltimore.. but i was born in brooklyn....

feel better kiddo...

by **Chatty** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:46 pm

Ugh, I hate queasy tummies.

I have to go back at least once more-the lady got as much stuff off as she could but she couldn't get everything-the dentist is going to have to numb my mouth so he can clean underneath my gums where she couldn't get without hurting me.

She was so impressed with how quiet I was the whole time that I got two toothbrushes

by **NYC Gal** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:54 pm

My stomach is finally starting to settle down, but I'm weak and tired (that always happens to me after a bad stomach day).

Nessa, I know parts of Brooklyn very well. I worked in Brooklyn for 7 years, and my friend from that job (and her husband) lived on the border of Brooklyn Heights. We used to hang out in Brooklyn Heights all the time. They later moved to Ohio.

Chatty, congrats on the 2 toothbrushes!

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