Quinoa Cookbook

The easy instructions - Even if you have never cooked before with Quinoa, or if you have never cooked a meal from scratch full stop!, the cooking instructions are easy to follow even for newbie cooks.

Variety of recipes - From breakfast (sweet and savory!) to desserts, everything is covered. Here are the different recipe groups: Quinoa Breakfast Recipes, Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Entrees, Side Dishes, Quinoa Pasta, Polenta and Pizza, Breads and Muffins, Desserts. Can't see anything missing, can you?

No specialist equipment needed - Many 'healthy cook books' rely on specialist equipment and rare ingredients. The recipes in this book can be done in an average kitchen. As long as you have a stove, a few pots and some basic kitchen tools like knives and colanders, you can start cooking Quinoa. OK, some recipes call for a food processor, but you can use a hand blender instead, that is what I do.

Nutritional Information - Each recipe comes with nutritional data and tips how to adapt it to a particular diet, like vegan. There is also an extensive chapter about Quinoa itself, again, nutritional information, down to the last minerals and amino acids, is included.

Photos - If you are like me, you need to eat a meal first before you can re-create it in your kitchen or you need to see some good photos in order to make the most out of a recipe. Some people might get along by just following text, I am not one of them ;-) Each recipe in this book is accompanied by several photos that show the finished meal, making it also easy to choose a recipe btw. All photos were taken by Wendy herself, so you get 'real food images' and not 'make-up food images'. The main problem I had was that they look all so damn tasty that I had difficulties to choose one.

Yummy, yummy! - I already tried a few of the recipes and they really make me want to try out more! Not sure if hubby can take more Quinoa meals, he is more a jacket potato guy ;-)

Only American Measurements - OK, for most of you that will be actually a plus point ;-) But as an European, I am more used to gram and milliliter than to cups! But I also have a huge collection of international cook books, that use all kind of different ways to measure ingredients - so no big deal for me ;-) Here a quick conversion guide:

• 1 US Cup - 240ml
• 1 AUS Cup - 250ml
• 1 UK Cup - 284 ml