<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/77ba109e-7446-4347-9075-62ca2dd783a0/AEFC1F86-17FA-4D0A-B83C-752B2F0AEB96/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947" href="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947" style="font-size: 11px;">www.iowaavenue.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><H1>What is Quinoa?</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><P class="style1">It is a healthy whole grain.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.iowaavenue.com/img/CF1BF269-477A-4908-A3C0-4E3C29A3455A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><P class="style1">When compared to popular grains like rice and oats, quinoa is relatively unknown. However, as the health benefits of whole grains are becoming more and more well known, Quinoa is getting more attention—and use.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><P class="style1">Quinoa is a small, light-colored round grain, similar in appearance to sesame seeds. Most quinoa must be rinsed before cooking, to remove the bitter residue of saponins, a plant-defense that wards off insects. Botanists are now developing saponin-free strains of quinoa, to eliminate this minor annoyance to the enjoyment of quinoa.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><P class="style1">The Incas considered quinoa sacred, and called it "chisaya mama" or "mother of all grains"; and it was the custom of the Inca emperor to sow the first quinoa seeds of the season as 'golden implements'.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.iowaavenue.com/profiles/blog/show?id=774881%3ABlogPost%3A20947"><P class="style1">Quinoa (<EM>keen-wah</EM>) is from the Andes, where it has long been cultivated by the Inca. It is associated more with Swiss chard and beets rather than a “true” grain.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AEFC1F86-17FA-4D0A-B83C-752B2F0AEB96/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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