{"id":4458,"date":"2016-02-29T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2016-02-29T17:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:33:43","slug":"4458-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/4458-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s taste together Quinoa for the first time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nI was curious to taste <strong>quinoa<\/strong> and share the <strong>results of my product test<\/strong> with the whole community. What intrigued me most was to discover whether I would actually find a product with the promised nutritional properties.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Quinoa is, in fact, rich in magnesium, phosphorus and zinc, as well as a valuable source of vegetable proteins<\/strong>, which make it a perfect ally of any vegetarian or vegan.<br \/>\nIt is also <strong>gluten-free<\/strong>: its flour is used to make several products for celiac.<br \/>\nThis said, there is nothing left but get the preparation started and taste this \u201cpseudo-cereal\u201d.<br \/>\n &nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Preparation<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>I cook quinoa <\/strong>as reported in the instructions on the back of the package: I rinse it under running water and then let it cook for 10-12 minutes in slightly salted, boiling water.<br \/>\nAfter draining the seeds, I mix them with saut\u00e9ed vegetables, extra virgin olive oil and soya sauce, as a friend suggested.<br \/>\nOn the Internet there are several recipes on how to season quinoa or how to use it as an ingredient in refined preparation.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The tasting<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Its texture is crunchy<\/strong>, like barley, pleasant to chew.<br \/>\nTaste is not very strong but still perceivable, delicate and peculiar.<br \/>\nI found it <strong>very digestible<\/strong> and, unexpectedly, an average portion filled me up.<br \/>\nMoreover, the low caloric intake, 368 Kcal per 100g, makes me think it is perfect to get back in shape after Christmas or, more in general, if you are on a healthy and low-cal diet.<br \/>\nAfter this fully satisfying test, I\u2019m sure I will try other recipes with quinoa, both sweet and savoury: for sure, from now on, I will never ever run out of quinoa!<br \/>\n &nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd you, what do you think? Have you tasted quinoa, yet?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I was curious to taste quinoa and share the results of my product test with the whole community. What intrigued me most was to discover whether I would actually find a product with the promised nutritional properties. &nbsp; Quinoa is, in fact, rich in magnesium, phosphorus and zinc, as well as a valuable source [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senza-categoria-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testpoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}