Denninmi (5,870 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2013, 11:31 AM
Greek Quinoa salad
A local Greek place serves this. Really tasty and pretty simple. I don't have a recipe per SE, it is just cooked quinoa with all of the goodies in a Greek salad minus the lettuce, with a Greek dressing and some lemon juice. The use olives, feta, red onion, grape tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, pepperoncini, and hard boiled egg whites. Beets can be added on the side as a mix-in - they probably don't want the entire batch turning purple. They cut everything into about half inch dice, except the black olives and tomatoes, which are left intact.
I would say the ratio is about 2 part quinoa to 1 part total of the add-ins.
Yummy, pretty healthy if you watch the amount of cheese.
libodem (12,576 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2013, 11:54 AM
1. My friend makes this
And I LOVE it. Hers has crumbled feta cheese for that mmmmm tang. Oops you did say feta. I couldn't spell keen-wah if you paid me. I just recently saw it spelled on tv.
Denninmi (5,870 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2013, 12:55 PM
2. I love quinoa
Good stuff
<<<currently looking up a recipe to use here at home this evening, for sarde arraganate (sarde con origano e pane), to see if the femme likes it.
olives, feta, red onion, grape tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, pepperoncini, and hard boiled egg whites. Beets can be added on the side as a mix-in
pinto (98,945 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:52 PM
What's for dinner ~ Sunday July 28th
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has officially declared that the year 2013 be recognized as "The International Year of the Quinoa." Proposed by the government of Bolivia and receiving strong support from many Central and South American countries, quinoa has now been singled out by the FAO as a food with "high nutritive value," impressive biodiversity, and an important role to play in the achievement of food security worldwide. We realize that quinoa remains unfamiliar to many people, especially in the practical sense of cooking and recipes. But we hope that situation will change, given the remarkable nature of this easily-prepared, nutrient-rich food.http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice
This is the first time that I've heard of quinoa so I had to look it up. Here's something I learned:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=142&tname=foodspice
Since it has the imprimatur of the UN and is grown in primitive third world hellholes, I can see how the DUmmies would lap it right up.
Quinoa, the perfect food for the workers! Third world Bolivian quinoa is superior to European Belgian endive which in turn is superior to the traditional cancer and heart disease causing American staples that are popular with unenlightened tea party types.
This is the first time that I've heard of quinoa so I had to look it up.
I'll never forget the time the hippywife primitive Mrs. Alfred Packer waxed lustily about "African" goat-head stew,
Greek Quinoa salad
You've got to be kidding.
I'm not entirely certain what "mmmmm tang" is, but it sounds kinda dirty :popcorn:
Only if it has "poon" in front of tang!! :whistling: :whistling:
Maybe Clinton knows..
I have tried it. It's not bad.