The Cautious Vegetarian..and a quinoa question

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I like rice and lentils with some canned diced tomatoes mixed in...I personally

still have

box of quinoa that I can't bring myself to make for some reason. It''s about to

" expire "

does quinoa go rancid, or can I still use it?

Melissa P

 

 

, " sammythingy " <sammything wrote:

>

> Okay, as a meat eater, I was cautious. I like my food plain, visible,

> and simple. As a vegetarian, it's a whole new ball game out there!

> Personally, I could live on my rice, tofu and squash bowls forever,

> but I'm really trying to broaden my horizons, and make sure my diet is

> interesting and nutritionally sound. I have purchased cookbooks,

> cruised the recipies, but frankly, everything is too exotic for my

> bland, simple palate. I was bold enough to go to whole foods recently

> and purchased: polenta, TVP, tempeh, lentils and quinoa. I am finaly

> ready to cook them, I think. (New foods must sit in the cupboard and

> be stared at for an appropriate amount of time). Any suggestions on

> vey simple ways to prepare these would be great

>

> Thanks:)

>

> Lori

>