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Description of  Quinoa Cookbook: The Most Nutritious Quinoa Recipes from Around the World

Quinoa is referred to as the "Golden grain" and has been cultivated for thousands of years especially in the Latin American Andean regions. In 2013, the United Nations Quinoa with 2013 as the year of the grain and the Andean region inhabitants were honored for protecting and preserving the wonderful grains for centuries. Quinoa, means "Mother grain" literarily. Quinoa is a powerful grain that can germinate with just few hours of exposure to moisture. Aside from being consumed as food, Quinoa stems, grain and leaves are used as forage while its residues can be fed to animals. What makes Quinoa even more unique is the high level of plant protein alongside substantial levels of fiber, minerals and unsaturated fats. Quinoa will provide about 222 calories per cup, after cooking. A cup of cooked Quinoa contains the following nutritional components: - 8.14g of protein - 39.4 g of total carbs - 5.2g of dietary fiber - 3.55g of unsaturated fat - 2.76mg of Iron - 118mg of Magnesium - 2.02mg of Zinc A substantial amount of moisture. Quinoa has some bitter taste despite its high nutritional content, and quinoa will still retain most of its poly-unsaturated fat even after harvesting or cooking. Quinoa is an excellent source of essential minerals, including Iron, magnesium and zinc. It is quite easy to identify the nutritional deficiency symptoms of any of these minerals, Iron for instance transports oxygen from lungs to all other parts of the body, a cup of Quinoa contains about 2.77g of Iron. Aside from its rich mineral levels, Quinoa is also known to be a good source of essential vitamins such as Riboflavin and folic acid. Quinoa can be consumed with virtually all kinds of meals and this is the reason why this book has been written to give you some of the best recipes that make Quinoa very popular. You can also create your own recipe from the ones provided here.