Hi xarie, Good luck with the changes. I salute your wiklingness to try to change your eating habits. It is not easy. Good luck! Angela
Sent from Angela's iPhone > On May 27, 2020, at 6:43 PM, Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, All! The little bit I know bout quinoa is > that it is a grain. Dry quinoa feels like dry cream of wheat, and it > expands while being gently cooked in water, like other grains do. > > It has a lighter flavor than rice (I think so). I think I will try it for > breakfast sometime, just with a little cinnamon and diabetic sweetner. It > might be good that way. Tonight, I am having it in some vegetable soup, > instead of meat. > I am trying to change the way I eat; I got a serious wake-up call because > of fast food. I don't want to end up in the E R, so must break my > addiction. > > I am following Dr Joel Fuhrman's eating plan for diabetics now, so this is > a big change. I should have done that when I first was diagnosed in 2015. > No excuses, about the past of not checking this out or about now. > > Marie > > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 6:17 PM Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I've always wondered about it. I've had it in salad, too, and really >> enjoyed it. Is it hard like rice? Do you need to cook it before using >> it? Can someone who uses it tell us a bit about it so if we decide to >> go get it, we'll know what to do with it? It is nutritious, right? >> >> Karen >> >> At 06:12 PM 5/27/2020, you wrote: >>> Hello, All!! >>> >>> I am reading a good book by Dr Joel Fuhrman. Among the things he says >>> diabetics can eat is quinoa instead of rice, and of course, lots of beans >>> and vegetables. I just got my very first jar of quinoa this afternoon. I >>> would like some recipes I can use it in. I will add some of this to my >>> vegetable soup for supper tonight. >>> >>> I had some quinoa in a salad at a church function several years ago, and I >>> liked it immediately. It has a lighter taste than rice. I promised >> myself >>> I would get some. I finally did. >>> >>> Marie >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
