It's a seed not a grain, so it's great for gluten free diets.
I replace cous cous and rice and pasta with quinoa all the time, so I serve it with morrocan tagines and casseroles. I also have it in salad.
To cook it, you put one cup in a saucepan to two cups water and bring to boil, then reduce to simmer for ten minutes. It should look like a little letter e when cooked.
If you buy white quinoa, it's pretty fine to eat straight, but other colours I would wash VERY thoroughly, because the coating on quinoa is very bitter. If you cook it and it's bitter, next time wash it more because it should be very tasty!
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