Quinoa

Total time: 20 minutes
     Quinoa is very high in protein and "contains a balanced set of essential amino acids for humans, making it an unusually complete food" according to Wikipedia.  It's also easy to cook and tasty - what more could we want? You can substitute Basmati of Jasmine rice.

 Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup quinoa, 100gr, 3.5oz
• 1 cup chicken stock, 225gr, 8oz

 Instructions:

• Combine quinoa and stock in small saucepan.  Cover and bring to a boil. 
• Reduce heat and simmer until done, about 15 minutes  (or whatever your package says).   Serve.

Note:  Quinoa has a red and a black variety as well as the tan.

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Nutrition Information               Recipe serves 2            Entire Recipe / per serving Calories:  355 / 177.5 Total Carbohydrates:  72 / 36           Dietary Fiber: 11 / 5.5 Total Fat:  5 / 2.5          Saturated Fat: 1 / .5 Cholesterol:  7 / 3.5 Protein:  15 / 7.5 Calcium:  14 / 7 Sodium:   358 / 179

General Technical Details and Disclaimer:

Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.

I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it.  I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.

My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale
and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/