Quinoa to Win Over Your Boyfriend's Family

[bellybellygood]

Just a question- is the rosemary fresh or dried?  It looks good and I want to try it.

[sheelahtdah]

if i could post a picture of this, i would.  for some reason i can't post.  anyway, this is about this recipe.  this was soooooo good!  i had to stop myself from eating it all last night for dinner.  i'm glad i left some for today though.  i am so looking forward to lunch.  the cracked chick peas with the sundried tomatoe left me wanting more of this dish!

[kudzusuze]

I just made a quick-and-dirty version of this minus the chickpeas, using a couple of cups of leftover quinoa. It was amazing.... I used maybe a teaspoon of ground dried rosemary, a handful of almonds run through a coffee grinder, a few sliced sundried tomatoes,  a dab of olive oil for flavor, and a sprinkle of garlic powder (the quinoa was already salted), microwaved it for a minute and it was done. My acid test is "will the kid eat it" versus the boyfriend's parents  and he ate it all up.

[Amaranth]

This was an exciting recipe to make; however, I don't know if it would win over my boyfriend's parents.

I did get some funky sun-dried tomatoes that were much too strong. And I thought the recipe was a bit dry.

Otherwise, the almonds were great with the quinoa and the baked garbanzos with rosemary and garlic salt were fabulous.

I added a tomato from the farmer's market and it was fantastic as well. I would add more regular tomato and less sun-dried next time.

Thanks!