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GA Russell · 03-09-2015, 01:49 PM

Raw Vegan Recipes 1 & 2 - free
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The 50 Greatest Jerky Recipes of All Time - 99 cents
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GA Russell · 03-10-2015, 01:33 PM

The Edible Garden - $1.99 (90% off)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Edible-Gar...dp/B00EXCOK2K/

I'm putting this here because it is about food, although I don't think it is a cookbook.

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Wheat seems to be everybody's punching bag this year!

gabby98 · 03-10-2015, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

The Edible Garden - $1.99 (90% off)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Edible-Gar...dp/B00EXCOK2K/

I'm putting this here because it is about food, although I don't think it is a cookbook.
....!

i got this the other day, though I haven't had time to review it, but my understanding is there is a mix or gardening, recipes and a few stories

GA Russell · 03-10-2015, 05:02 PM

Great! Let us know if you like it, gabby!

maccharl · 03-10-2015, 05:25 PM

Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 200 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto

http://www.amazon.com/Ruhlmans-Twent...pr_product_top $3.03

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...hlman-s-twenty $3.99 and supposedly couponable

Little.Egret · 03-10-2015, 08:36 PM

Free again

Real Cooking with a Microwave

Thaicrowave - Thai Microwave Cooking by P. Karn

60 easy recipes for Thai and Chinese dishes commonly eaten in Thailand, as well as Japanese treats, Western favorites, and scrumptious Thai and baked desserts.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ASDVPEE/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ASDVPEE/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00ASDVPEE/

GtrsRGr8 · 03-10-2015, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Difflugia

I really like quinoa and use it as a replacement for rice. It tastes almost the same with maybe a little flavor of cornmeal and sesame seeds. Just make sure that you rinse it before you cook it, because it has some sort of coating on it that tastes like soap.

Since our conversation on this thread two or three months ago about quinoa, I had the opportunity to try it for what I suppose was the first (and still only) time.

Maybe it was just the dish that the quinoa was in or poor preparation by the cook, but I didn't really care for it. The quinoa that I ate had a kind of (maybe it was a) husk. It wasn't really tough, but it was just a little bit unpleasant to eat.

I'm sure that I'll be giving it another try one of these days, though. Sometimes first impressions can be misleading.

GA Russell · 03-11-2015, 10:06 AM

Gtrs, you will recall that my only experience with quinoa was Christmas dinner. I too found it to be (I suppose the word would be) a little bit crunchy. I suppose that we should think of it as a rice alternative rather than a rice substitute.

treadlightly · 03-11-2015, 10:24 AM

Quinoa is better in a dish with a lot of other stronger flavours, not as a replacement for a bowl of plain steamed rice. Try it in something like this salad. Rinse the dry quinoa really really well.

koland · 03-11-2015, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Gtrs, you will recall that my only experience with quinoa was Christmas dinner. I too found it to be (I suppose the word would be) a little bit crunchy. I suppose that we should think of it as a rice alternative rather than a rice substitute.

Doesn't sound like you cooked it long enough (or with enough water).

Should be well rinsed first (in a pot of water, rub the seeds around to help remove the saponin coating; pour off water and rinse again). Then cook until creamy (it's softer, by far, than cream of rice, if you get the quinoa flakes, which don't need rinsing; whole quinoa is also softer than rice - as it cooks, the seeds open and a little tail pops out of each one).

GA Russell · 03-11-2015, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

Doesn't sound like you cooked it long enough (or with enough water).

Karen, if I am fortunate enough to see the young lady who cooked it next Christmas, I'll mention that to her.

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Almond Flour Recipes - 99 cents
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Spiralizer Cookbook - free
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Fermentation - free
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basschick · 03-12-2015, 12:35 AM

some quinoa i've bought seems to have some kind of husk, but i make sure not to buy that again. cooked right, it's fun and if you nail it, it has a little pop in your mouth like caviar. and it's very tasty. one brand i bought had directions that didn't use enough water - i've made lots of quinoa - so maybe that was the issue.

koland · 03-12-2015, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Karen, if I am fortunate enough to see the young lady who cooked it next Christmas, I'll mention that to her.

I was looking at a Quinoa Salad recipe earlier and they also mentioned that you can tell when it is done by watching for the little tails to pop out. If I remember correctly, some of the non-creamy colored ones take longer to cook, also (the red, mostly, is what we've tried besides the "standard" color).

GA Russell · 03-12-2015, 03:15 PM

Easy Kombucha Recipes - 99 cents
http://www.amazon.com/Kombucha-Recip...dp/B00BL52B7I/

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Food Drying, vol. 1: How to Dry Fruit - free
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GtrsRGr8 · 03-12-2015, 08:15 PM

FYI--the one time that I had quinoa was at an Applebee's about 2 months ago. I think that the dish may have been the first one that they have had with quinoa in it (an effort to have more dishes for the health-conscious?). Perhaps the chef had not quite learned how to prepare it.

I don't think that a recipe with quinoa will ever appear in a book entitled something like 100 Easy Recipes, except perhaps as a gag. As for me, in my personal cooking, I think that I'll use just the easy peasy couscous and be done with it.

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03-09-2015, 01:49 PM	#136
GA Russell What a weekend! Posts: 7,695 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Raw Vegan Recipes 1 & 2 - free http://www.amazon.com/Raw-Vegan-Reci...dp/B00KTJPK0M/ ***** The 50 Greatest Jerky Recipes of All Time - 99 cents http://www.amazon.com/The-Greatest-J...dp/B00MMOZF4S/

03-10-2015, 01:33 PM	#137
GA Russell What a weekend! Posts: 7,695 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	The Edible Garden - $1.99 (90% off) http://www.amazon.com/The-Edible-Gar...dp/B00EXCOK2K/ I'm putting this here because it is about food, although I don't think it is a cookbook. ***** Lose Wheat in 4 Weeks - $1.99 (88% off) http://www.amazon.com/Lose-Wheat-Wee.../dp/B00QGNHU58 Wheat seems to be everybody's punching bag this year!

03-10-2015, 05:02 PM	#139
GA Russell What a weekend! Posts: 7,695 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Great! Let us know if you like it, gabby!

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maccharl Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 6976 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kindle Touch	Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques, 200 Recipes, A Cook's Manifesto http://www.amazon.com/Ruhlmans-Twent...pr_product_top $3.03 https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...hlman-s-twenty $3.99 and supposedly couponable

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Little.Egret Wizard Posts: 3,168 Karma: 37800000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, Kindle Fire 2, NOOK ST, Kindle HDX, Fire 7"	Free again Real Cooking with a Microwave Thaicrowave - Thai Microwave Cooking by P. Karn 60 easy recipes for Thai and Chinese dishes commonly eaten in Thailand, as well as Japanese treats, Western favorites, and scrumptious Thai and baked desserts. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ASDVPEE/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ASDVPEE/ http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00ASDVPEE/

03-11-2015, 10:06 AM	#143
GA Russell What a weekend! Posts: 7,695 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Gtrs, you will recall that my only experience with quinoa was Christmas dinner. I too found it to be (I suppose the word would be) a little bit crunchy. I suppose that we should think of it as a rice alternative rather than a rice substitute.

03-11-2015, 10:24 AM	#144
treadlightly Wizard Posts: 1,370 Karma: 6957792 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo H2O	Quinoa is better in a dish with a lot of other stronger flavours, not as a replacement for a bowl of plain steamed rice. Try it in something like this salad. Rinse the dry quinoa really really well.

03-12-2015, 12:35 AM	#147
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	some quinoa i've bought seems to have some kind of husk, but i make sure not to buy that again. cooked right, it's fun and if you nail it, it has a little pop in your mouth like caviar. and it's very tasty. one brand i bought had directions that didn't use enough water - i've made lots of quinoa - so maybe that was the issue.

03-12-2015, 03:15 PM	#149
GA Russell What a weekend! Posts: 7,695 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Easy Kombucha Recipes - 99 cents http://www.amazon.com/Kombucha-Recip...dp/B00BL52B7I/ ***** Food Drying, vol. 1: How to Dry Fruit - free http://www.amazon.com/Food-Drying-vo...dp/B00FN6JFRU/

03-12-2015, 08:15 PM	#150
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	FYI--the one time that I had quinoa was at an Applebee's about 2 months ago. I think that the dish may have been the first one that they have had with quinoa in it (an effort to have more dishes for the health-conscious?). Perhaps the chef had not quite learned how to prepare it. I don't think that a recipe with quinoa will ever appear in a book entitled something like 100 Easy Recipes, except perhaps as a gag. As for me, in my personal cooking, I think that I'll use just the easy peasy couscous and be done with it.

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