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ventaJust when you thought I'd desisted from telling you about my lunch...
Today was my first experiment with quinoa, which I'm going to continue mispronouncing as kwin-o-a because the alternative just sounds too ridiculous for words.
Last night, I made a half-batch of Bento Lady's Quinoa with Green Peas and Dried Sausage, using garlic and herb chorizo from The Bath Pig and frozen shelled soy beans (because I don't really like peas all that much). And I turned out not to have any mustard seeds in the cupboard, so dolloped in a big spoonful of wholegrain mustard instead.
But other than that I stuck pretty faithfully to the recipe, and packed it up for lunch with the other half of my bento box full of blanched kale, Chinese cabbage and spinach with sundried tomatoes.
No picture, I'm afraid, because I'd eaten it before I thought of writing about it. Also it wasn't terribly photogenic, because the soy beans don't keep their colour as well as garden peas would, so it looked a bit old and tired.
It was very tasty, though. Quinoa doesn't have a terribly strong taste, but it does have a pleasant texture - although, once cooked, it looks very slightly as if it's in the process of hatching. It's simple and fairly quick to cook, so I think it might well feature in my life considerably more than it has done to date. Mind you, since I have an entire packet-minus-one-half-cup left in the cupboard, it's going to have to.
If cooking for the first time, be warned: it's surprisingly dense. My lunch portion today was sizeable, but was only made from about a quarter cup of the dried stuff.
Today was my first experiment with quinoa, which I'm going to continue mispronouncing as kwin-o-a because the alternative just sounds too ridiculous for words.
Last night, I made a half-batch of Bento Lady's Quinoa with Green Peas and Dried Sausage, using garlic and herb chorizo from The Bath Pig and frozen shelled soy beans (because I don't really like peas all that much). And I turned out not to have any mustard seeds in the cupboard, so dolloped in a big spoonful of wholegrain mustard instead.
But other than that I stuck pretty faithfully to the recipe, and packed it up for lunch with the other half of my bento box full of blanched kale, Chinese cabbage and spinach with sundried tomatoes.
No picture, I'm afraid, because I'd eaten it before I thought of writing about it. Also it wasn't terribly photogenic, because the soy beans don't keep their colour as well as garden peas would, so it looked a bit old and tired.
It was very tasty, though. Quinoa doesn't have a terribly strong taste, but it does have a pleasant texture - although, once cooked, it looks very slightly as if it's in the process of hatching. It's simple and fairly quick to cook, so I think it might well feature in my life considerably more than it has done to date. Mind you, since I have an entire packet-minus-one-half-cup left in the cupboard, it's going to have to.
If cooking for the first time, be warned: it's surprisingly dense. My lunch portion today was sizeable, but was only made from about a quarter cup of the dried stuff.
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Date: 2012-04-16 02:26 pm (UTC)I feel inadequate.
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Date: 2012-04-16 02:34 pm (UTC)I actually quite enjoy getting up and making exciting lunches to take to work, but I do have a job with reasonably flexible hours. If I had a job that required me to be there on the dot of 9 every day I suspect I'd be lucky to arrive with a sarnie in my bag.
My lunch has now been extended to include an egg sandwich, some cherry tomatoes, a piece of very bad quiche and some battenberg (because the leftovers from the lunch arranged for our board meeting have just arrived, and I'm very greedy).
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Date: 2012-04-16 03:18 pm (UTC)I'm simply not awake or organised enough to manage to make myself lunch at home every day. Fortunately we have a big kitchen with a microwave and fridge in the offices so I can make food there.