What is quinoa? 4 Articles

by Donna Marie Cox

Quinoa is a species of goosefoot. It is grown as a crop mostly for it's seeds which are suitable for eating. Rather than being a true cereal it is a psuedocereal, as it is not grass. The leaves of qunioa can be eaten a...read more

by The Chocolate Lady

In my attempt to eat a more healthy diet, I recently discovered quinoa and thought that perhaps you too might be interested in this "new" food. Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is actually the seed of the goosefoot plant, the...read more

by Douglas Larsen

An ancient Incan food staple indigenous to the South American highlands and now grown in North America, this versatile grain which is distantly related to spinach, is often referred to as a "super food". (The Inc...read more

by Aldo Bonincontro

Quinoa is a plant native of South America where it grows either spontaneous and cultivated and belongs to the same family of spinach. Its colture is very ancient dating back to the early centuries of Incas and Atzec civil...read more