i do it like this.
- turn a burner on the stove on to full blast. highest setting. crank it to 11.
- measure a third a cup of quinoa and place it into a fine strainer. i use the basket from a broken coffee machine for this purpose. let it run under water for at least five minutes, moving it around every little while. the reason you rinse the quinoa is to remove the saponins, which may block the digestion of key nutrients.
- while the stove is preheating and the quinoa is rinsing, chop the following items and put it all into a big, serving bowl:
- one red pepper (or around 150 grams)
- one carrot (or around 110 grams)
- one beet
- 50 grams of broccoli florets
- one avocado
- two cloves of garlic
- one orange
- one lime
- when that is done, take the quinoa out of the strainer and put it into a sturdy pot
- add a tad more than 2/3 cups of water
- add a fair amount of frank's hot sauce. if you want to add other items to season, do it, but i just stick with the hot sauce.
- stir.
- put pot on stove and wait until it comes to a boil.
- when it's boiling, cover the pot.
- walk to your microwave and set it to 15 minutes.
- walk back to the stove and reduce the heat. i had a newer stove in my previous apartment, and i would set it to min. on my very old stove (70s) in this apartment, i set it to 3.
- while it is cooking, add the following to the bowl:
- a few strands of fresh dill
- 1 tbsp of paprika
- 1 tbsp of oregano
- 1 tbsp of sunflower seeds
- 1 tbsp of cayenne
- 1 tbsp of cumin
- a bunch of pepper
- 1 tbsp of hemp seeds
- 1 tbsp of nutritional yeast
- 10 slices of medium cheddar cheese
- a lot of ceasar dressing
- a lot of frank's hot sauce
- while you're getting used to your stove, check on the quinoa periodically to make sure it hasn't boiled all the water off. it's done when the water boils off. don't overcook.
- if there is still water after fifteen minutes, you didn't cook it at high enough temperature. that's ok. stir and let sit until water burns off.
- when it's done, remove from burner and let sit, covered, for five minutes.
- dump, hot, into bowl.
i eat the quinoa with a tall glass of fortified, sugar-free soy milk.
i did that twice yesterday with no substitutions. however, i'm now out of quinoa and have three bags of lentils. i'll be trying it with lentils as a sub for quinoa over the next week.
i believe that lentils are cooked the same way as quinoa (and rice), but i have no recollection of ever making or even ever eating lentils at all so i'll have to look into that.