So about a month ago, the lovely Colleen post this recipe to her
blog. It looked really good, and I've never tried quinoa, so I really wanted to give it a try. The only problem is that quinoa is really expensive and since I don't know if I like it, I didn't want to spend $8 for a huge box of it. So this recipe just sat in the back of my head for a while. Then, I was at The Fresh Market the other day to pick up some gummi peaches (I can't stop eating them. Okay, I can, but they are really good and I keep going back to get more.) and as I was getting in line to check out, I saw that they had a bag of quinoa on sale for $3. Definitely a better price! So I picked up a bag, and decided to make it tonight. I was really excited to try this. I let it sit in a covered bowl for about 15 minutes while I made some cheesy Texas toast to go alongside. The quinoa was very mushy looking, so I was a little worried. I tasted it and it was terrible. I don't know if I just hate quinoa, or if I did something wrong. I'm leaning towards did something wrong, because I'm not a very good cook. I let the kids taste it and they hated it too. I threw it out and made sandwiches for the kids and I ate 3 pieces of Texas toast. Sigh.
Here is the photo of the finished product:
I don't know if you can tell, but it's a big pile of mush. Yuck!
And if you don't follow Colleen's blog, you should. It's great. Right now she is doing a writing challenge that is interesting and very...challenging.
http://collwrites.com/
2 comments:
haha, it does look a bit mushier than when I make it. I think the key thing about quinoa is it tastes better after it sits overnight and the taste of what you made it with can soak in. Otherwise, it tastes like bland rice (IMO). I also think it tastes better when it's warm; I just made a casarole but haven't had a chance to post it up yet.
I haven't completely given up yet. But I'll have to find something that really looks good.
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