making quinoa

This is probably too simple for all of you out there, but this is how we made our quinoa for our next post.

quinoa

1 cup quinoa

2 cups water

For each cup of quinoa put two cups of water into the pot with it. Bring the pot to a boil on medium heat and then bring it down to low heat and let it simmer for 15 minutes or so. You can tell when your quinoa is done because the little sprout will have popped out.

sorry about this awful picture. My bad!

I wonder if, like rice, you could add things to the water to flavor the quinoa while it simmers, say like garlic, or oil. Would sauteing it with butter change the flavor at all like in risotto or would it just be a horrible idea?