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Many parts of the plants, including the leaves and seeds, are edible, and are frequently used as a source of food in India and South America — where it is the most important Andean species of Amaranthus, known as Kiwicha (see also andean ancient plants).
This species, as with many other of the Amaranths, are originally from the American tropics. The exact origin is unknown, as A. caudatus is believed to be a wild Amaranthus hybridus aggregate.

The red color of the inflorescences is due to a high content of betacyanins, like in the related species known as "Hopi Red Dye" amaranth.
Ornamental garden varieties sold under the latter name are either Amaranthus cruentus or a hybrid between A. cruentus and Amaranthus powelli. In indigenous agriculture, Amaranthus cruentus is the Central American counterpart to South American Amaranthus caudatus.


Amaranthus cruentus is a common flowering plant species that yields the nutritious staple amaranth grain. It is one of three Amaranthus species cultivated as a grain source, the other two being A. hypochondriacus and A. caudatus.
It has several common names, including purple amaranth, red amaranth, and Mexican grain amaranth.

Amaranthus cruentus is a tall annual herb topped with clusters of dark pink flowers. The plant can grow up to 2 m (6 ft) in height, and blooms in summer to fall. It has now naturalized in most states. It is believed to have originated from Amaranthus hybridus, with which it shares many morphological features. This species was in use as a food source in Central America as early as 4000 BC. The plant is usually green in color, but a purple variant was once grown for use in Inca rituals.

The seeds are eaten as a cereal grain. They are black in the wild plant, and white in the domesticated form. They are ground into flour, popped like popcorn, cooked into a porridge, and made into a confectionery called alegría. The leaves can be cooked like spinach, and the seeds can be germinated into nutritious sprouts. While A. cruentus is no longer a staple food, it is still grown and sold as a health food.

It is an important crop for subsistence farmers in Africa.


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Comp. between Amaranth and cereales
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Several species are raised for amaranth "grain" in Asia and the Americas. This should more correctly be termed "pseudograin" (see below). They are highly edible by gluten intolerant individuals because they are not a member of the grass family and contain no gluten.
Ancient amaranth grains still used to this day include the three species, Amaranthus caudatus, Amaranthus cruentus, and Amaranthus hypochondriacus.  Although amaranth was (and still is) cultivated on a small scale in parts of Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, India, and Nepal, there is potential for further cultivation in the U.S and tropical countries and it is often referred to as "the crop of the future."    It has been proposed as an inexpensive native crop that could be cultivated by indigenous people in rural areas for several reasons: 1) it is easily harvested, 2) it produces lots of fruit and thus seeds, which are used as grain, 3) it is highly tolerant of arid environments, which are typical of most subtropical and some tropical regions, and 4) its seeds contain large amounts of protein and essential amino acids, such as lysine.  5) Amaranthus species are reported to have a 30% higher protein value than cereals, such as rice, wheat flour, oats, and rye.  6) It requires little fuel to cook. As befits its weedy life history, amaranth grains grow very rapidly and their large seedheads can weigh up to 1 kilogram and contain a half-million seeds.
Amaranth was one of the staple foodstuffs of the Incas, and it is known as kiwicha in the Andes today. It was also used by the ancient Aztecs, who called it huautli, and other Native America peoples in Mexico to prepare ritual drinks and foods. To this day, amaranth grains are toasted much like popcorn or martala and mixed with honey, molasses or chocolate to make a treat called alegría (joy in Spanish).

QUINOA (Quinua)

Wild distribution
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Even so, it grows best in well-drained soils and requires a relatively long growing season. In eastern North America, it is susceptible to a leaf miner that may reduce crop success; this leaf miner also affects the common weed Chenopodium album, but C. album is much more resistant.

Similar Chenopodium species, such as Pitseed Goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri) and Fat Hen (Chenopodium album) were grown and domesticated in North America as part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex before maize agriculture became popular. Fat Hen, which has a widespread distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, produces edible seeds and greens much like quinoa, but in lower quantities.

Chenopodiums were also used in Europe as greens.

Wild distribution
Chenopodium quinoa (and a related species from Mexico, Chenopodium nuttalliae) is most familiar as a fully domesticated plant, but it was believed to have been domesticated in the Andes from wild populations of Chenopodium quinoa. There are non-cultivated quinoa plants (Chenopodium quinoa var.
melanospermum) which grow in the same area where it is cultivated, which probably are related to the wild progenitors, but which could instead be the descendents of cultivated plants.


On another religious note, quinoa is considered by many Jews to be kosher for Passover, if properly processed.

Nutritional value
This means that unlike wheat protein, one does not need to supplement it with complementary foods such as legumes containing the other essential amino acids. It is a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron.


Protein 13.68%
Fiber 3.58%
Carbohydrates 77.68%
Fat 6.45%
Ash-gray 2.19%
Saponine 0.08%


Lisine 6.80 3.80 2.90 2.90
Metionine 2.10 2.20 2.00 1.50
Treonine 4.50 3.80 3.80 2.90
Triptofane 1.30 1.10 1.10 1.10

Saponin content

There have been attempts made to lower the saponin content of quinoa through selective breeding in order to produce sweeter and more palatable varieties of the crop. However, when these varieties were introduced by agronomists to native growers in the high plateau, they were rejected after just one season.

The saponin content in quinoa can be mildly toxic, as can be the oxalic acid content found in the leaves of all of the chenopodium family. However, the risks associated with quinoa are minimal provided that it is properly prepared and leaves are not eaten to excess.


Quinoa is an easy food to prepare, has a light, fluffy texture when cooked, and its mild, slightly nutty flavor makes it an alternative to white rice or couscous.



Vegetables and seasonings can also be added to make a wide range of dishes. It is also suited to vegetable pilafs, complementing bitter greens like kale.



Germination activates its natural enzymes and multiplies its vitamin and mineral content. In fact, quinoa has a notably short germination period: only 2-4 hours resting in a glass of clean water is enough to make it sprout and release gases, as opposed to, eg., 12 hours overnight with wheat. This process, besides its nutritional enhancements, softens the grains, making them suitable to be added to salads and other cold foods.

The name ultimately comes from the Quechua kinua or kinoa. There are multiple other native names in South America:

Chibchan: suba, pasca
Mapudungun: dawe, sawe

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Salt to taste

Deposit the well washed and rinsed quinoa into an adequate recipient, then put two cups of water for each cup of quinoa and add salt to taste. boild the mix for 15 minutes until the white germ falls down and the quinoa doubles its mass.
Note: This is a good sustitute of rice and can be stored in the freezer for three days.


2 Cups quinoa
1 pinch pepper
4 Tablespoons oil
1 Can medium esparagus
1 Loaf of bread
3 Eggs
1/4 Yucca flour
1/2 Tablespoon wheat flour
1 Cup diluted milk
1 Pinch nutmeg
3 tablespoon quinoa flour
Sal to taste
Brown the quinoa and flours with oil and add milk. Melt butter in a pan and quickly fry the pices of bread. Place one asparagud on each bread and put some of the mix made vefore with a new mix made of eggs, pepper, nutmeg and salt.
As soon as you finish doing this, gild the bread en the oven for 10 minutes.
These breads can be served decorated with chopped asparagus tips and the sause made before.


200 g basic recipe
2 Carrots
2 Baby corns
1 Onion
1 Red pepper
French sauce
Olive oil to taste
Fry the red pepper end the carrots for 3 minutes.
Mix tehe thin grated onion with the French dauce.
Finally, combine the grained quinoa with the vegetables and add sliced thin chives.


1 Cup quinua flakes
1 Cup cream
11/2 onions
Parsley to taste
1 Handful wheat flour
2 Tablespoons oil
Celery to taste

1 Carrot
prepare the basic soup with vegetables, the onions have to be roasted.
Take out the vegetables and liquefy them.
Add slowly the quinua flakes into the remaning soup and cook on heat until it is well done.
Once the quinua flakes are well cooked, add the liquefied vegetables and condiments.
Before removing it from heat, add cream ajd beat it slowly for five minutes.
Remove from heat and add toasted oniond or mushrooms to taste.


1/2 Cup quinua
5 potatoes
1 onion
salt and condimets to taste
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon baking power
1/16 teaspoon ammoniac
1/4 cup quinua water
2 eggs
sal to taste
Roast the onion and boli it with quinua. When qhe quinua es almost done,
add vegetables and condiments.
After 10 minutes, add chopped potatoes and salt to taste.


1/2 tablespoon quinoa flour
1/2 tablespoon yucca flour
2 tablespoon wheat flour
2 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon baking power
1/16 teaspoon ammoniac
1/4 cup quinoa water
2 eggs
salt to taste
Stiff quinoa and yucca flours then add baking power, ammoniac and salt.
Place on a pan oil and butter and after they are cool add eggs until a paste is formed,
then combine it whith the flours mix and quinoa water until you get a sticky paste.
Fry both sedes of the paste in hot pan with oil. Remove it from heat.
Serve then with any stuffing.

Quinoa Salsa

1 cup quinoa - rinsed!
2 cups (?) water or "broth"
as much fresh cilantro as you can stand, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined and chopped or to taste
1 large ripe tomato, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped

Bring the broth or water to a boil. Add the quinoa and reduce to a simmer; cook for 15 to 20 minutes. When the quinoa is tender, remove from heat and drain off any excess water. Cool for a while and mix all ingredients together. Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving to
allow flavors to blend.


2 cups quinoa
125 ml.oil
green peas
2 onions
1/2 teaspoon oregano
10 potatoes
salt to taste
2 caarrots
1.1lb. meat
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 lemons juice
1hot pepper
4 parsley springs
2 garlic cloves

Wash and dry the quinoa , toast it slightly in frying pan.
Add diced carrots, onions, hot pepper, tomato, diced meat, green peas, garlic, ground cumin and 4 parsley springs.
Once everything es toasted, pour 9 cups of boiling water. When it is at medium cook, add deced potatoes, lemon, salt and cumin. Once it is done, let it dry and rest.
It can be served and decorated with chopped parsley.


Dough ingredients
1/2 cup quinoa flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups wheat flour
1 pinch sugar
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup yucca flour
1/4 pkg. Butter
1/8 teaspoon ammoniac

Stiff quinoa and wheat flours. Ass the remaining ingredients making a soft dough .
Cover it and let it rest for one hour. It can take any desired shape like a pie dough.

Stuffing Ingredients
3 eggs
4 tablespoons grated cheese
1/4 pkg. Butter
1lb. Ham
1 pinch pepper
1 pinch salt

Pour chopped thin ham whith grated cheese, combine it with beaten eggs and 1/8 of melted butter seasoning with condiments.
Use stuffing to feel the quinoa pie, closing it with the same dough.
As soon as it is closed, put the remaning meted butter in top aand bake it in ovej in regular heat for 20 minutes. Let it rest remove from pan.
It can be seved in slices.

Vegetable & Quinua Soup

2 cups diced white onions
1 cup diced plantain
4 diced potatoes
2 diced green peppers
4 stocks diced celery
1/2 tsp marjoram
2 tsp olive oil
6 cloves garlic minced
4 Tbs parsley flakes
2 cups concentrated chicken broth
2 diced carrots 1 cut Quinua
1/4 tsp pepper salt to taste

Directions In heated olive oil add minced garlic, white onion, peppers, potatoes and carrots. When cooked slightly season with salt, pepper and marjoram.
In pot add chicken broth and 1 liter boiling water.
Add the Quinua and cook for 20 minutes.
Add the cooked vegetables, and celery.
When soup is almost ready to serve add the plantain and parsley.


1cup quinoa flour
1/2 teaspoon ammoniac
1/4lb. Shortering
1 cup warm water
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups wheat flour
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Stiff quinoa and wheat flour, add ammoniac, cinnamon, and all the ingrdients altering liquids anad solids, until getting a soft dough.
Roll out thin and cut into desired shapes.
Bake al medium heat in oven.
Let them rest and put some power sugar on top of each cookie.


6 cups cooked quinoa
3 eggs
4 teaspoons baking power
1/4 cup oil
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
3 cups ground bread
3 cheeses
1 teaspoon ammoniac
11/2 cup sugar
In a recipient, squeeze the quinoa and combine it with sugar, baking power, ammoniac, bread, orange, salt, and oil (all in half).
Beat the eggs and mix then with the remaning ingredients until a creamy paste es formed.
Combine this with the mix done berfore.
Poor into grased and floured pan one layer of quinoa pastry and then one layer of grated cheese.
Repeat these steps as necessary. Place in oven and bake on midium heat.
Let it rest and serve in slices

1/3 c. quinoa
2/3 c. water
1/4 c. raisins
1 tsp. cinnamon or apple pie spice
1 packet Equal or 2 tsp. sugar/honey or no sweetner
1/2 Granny Smith Apple, chopped into small pieces

Rinse the quinoa well in cold water. Place in a saucepan with the water,
sweetner (if desired), apple pie spice, and raisins. Bring to a boil, cover,
and simmer while you are preparing the apple. Add the chopped apple and
continue to simmer until all liquid is absorbed.

Hawaiin-Quinoa recipe
serves 2-4 people

1 cup quinoa
1 cup pineapple liquid (drained from canned pineapple, for example)
1 cup water
1 medium yam (orange flesh, around 1/2 lb)
1/2 cup crushed pineapple, drained
1-1/2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup currants

- dice the yam (1/2 - 3/4 inch dice) and steam for five minutes OR microwave for five minutes then dice

- add all ingredients except currants to a pot boil then simmer for around 15 minutes. Stir occasionally

- add currants and continue to simmer for another 5-10 minutes until all liquid is absorbed, the endosperm has uncurled, and the quinoa is al dente.

Homestyle Quinoa

1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
1/2 package Gimme Lean Beef Flavored meat substitute
1/2 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 red pepper, diced
1 cup frozen corn, thawed vegetable broth or wine for sauteeing
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (start with 1/8 teaspoon and add as you like)
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt to taste
Fresh Parsley, minced
Fresh Cilantro, minced (I left it out 'cause I can't stand it)

In a non-stick dutch oven, saute the onion and garlic in veggie broth for two-three minutes. Add the Gimme Lean, breaking it up with the spatula as it cooks. (Use more veggie broth as needed). Let this cook for about five minutes while you prepare the quinoa:

Rinse the quinoa in cold water and drain. Bring the two cups water to boil and add the quinoa. Cook 10-15 minutes, until quinoa has absorbed the water and you can see the white germ ring.

While the quinoa is cooking, add the remaining ingredients (except the spices) to the dutch oven and stir while cooking. When the quinoa is cooked, add it to the dutch oven and stir to combine. Add herbs and spices and cook a few minutes more to soften the parsley. Taste and re-spice as needed.

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Quinoa Salad
6 servings.

1 cup quinoa, rinsed several times just before cooking
2 cups water
1 red pepper, cored, seeded, and diced
1 carrot, scrubbed and diced (can be steamed briefly or not)
6 scallions, roots and wood stem removed, minced
1/4 cup cooked corn (I just thawed some frozen kernels)
1/2 cup currants
2 Tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped (or cilantro)
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1 teaspoon cumin
2 Tablespoons maple syrup (or sweetener of choice)
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 Tablespoon rice vinegar
2 Tablespoons raspberry vinegar

Bring water to a boil in a 2-3 quart saucepan. Add quinoa, reduce to a simmer, and cook, covered, for about 20 minutes, until all the water is absorbed. Fluff with a fork, replace cover, and let sit off of heat for 5 minutes. Place quinoa in a large mixing bowl to cool.

Saute the garlic in saute liquid of choice for 2 minutes. Add the cumin and saute another minute. Add sweetener, stir to melt, remove from heat, and allow to cool. Add lemon juice and vinegars. Mix well and pour onto quinoa, along with the vegetables, parsley, and currants. Mix gently but
thoroughly. Serve immediately or place in the refrigerator to chill.
Serve on a bed of greens.

Wild Rice/Quinoa Salad

1/2 cup wild rice
1 to 1 1/2 cups water and/or broth
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
2 cups water and/or broth
3 or 4 whole scallions, trimmed and chopped
2 or 3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup roasted sweet red peppers, diced
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon minced parsley
1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

Add wild rice to boiling water/broth and simmer until rice is tender, about 45 minutes to an hour.

Add well-rinsed quinoa to boiling water/broth and simmer until all liquid is absorbed. I forgot to notice how long this takes.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the wild rice, quinoa, scallions, garlic, roasted peppers, vinegar, parsley, mustard, pepper and salt.
This salad really tastes best room temperature.

In the original recipe, he calls for 1 teaspoon dried thyme, and fresh parsley rather than parsley flakes. I took it as written above to a dinner party of non-vegetarians, and had several requests for the recipe.


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Quinoa and beans

1 cup dry quinoa
1 can peeled cut tomatoes
1 can beans (I've used pinto, black, and kidney)
1 can hominy
spices - garlic, onion, parsley, basil, thyme

Cook quinoa w/ 2 cups water. Add tomatoes, beans, hominy and spices and keep on low heat until all is hot.



Quinoa is an easy food to prepare
Quinoa is an easy food to cook
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Pearly Quinoa: Royal Quinoa in Grain, product for export, it has a pearly color and a big grain of the Royal variety, their use is quite wide; for example for soups, in the breakfast with milk, for bakery, etc.
Quinua in Grain: Quinoa in grain, toast in order to use like rice, it is a excelente garnish for meats
Quinoa Inflated: Quinoa inflated, excellent for a nutritious breakfast, used with milk like corn flake; like goody incorporating you flavors or like nougats; in confectionery like hailed for cakes and ice creams.
Flour: Flour of quinoa for bakery, it increment the nutritious courage of any food; in pastas, breads cookies, etc.
Quicoa: Quinoa processed type trenches, for soups breakfasts, desserts, etc
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Quinua - Quinoa
Scientific classification
Peru and Bolivia have the most diverse varieties, being Bolivia the main focus of diversity with more than 3,000 samples of ecotypes.

Kingdom: Plantae Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae
Gender: Chenopodium Chenopodium
Species: C. quinoa quinoa
Binomial name
Chenopodium quinoa Willd.

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It highlights the following varieties:

Sajama (Patacamaya, Bolivia)
Real (Llica, Bolivia)
Kaslala (Bolivia)
Toledo Iri (Bolivia)
Pasancalla (Bolivia)
Kuli negra (Bolivia)
Wila coimini (Bolivia)
Kata-mari (Bolivia)
Kanccolla (Cabanillas, Puno, Perú)
Cheweca (Puno, Perú)
Blanca de Juli (Lago Titicaca, Perú)
Blanca de Chuquito (Perú)
Blanca de Junín (Perú)
Rosada de Junín (Perú)
Ccoito (Perú)
Choquetipo (Perú)
Chullpi (Perú)
Witulla (Perú)
Amarilla de Marangamí (Sicuani, Cuzco, Perú)
Chaucha (Cayambe y Cotopaxi, Ecuador)
Dulce de Quitopamba (Nariño, Colombia)
Catentoa (Concepción, Chile)
Regalona (Temuco, Chile)

* If the human being should have to depend in only one substance to survive, the best option is the "Quinoa". Durante Jonson UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.  
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