<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nQuinoa (pronounced keen-wa) has been around for thousands of years, but it was only introduced to the North American market a few years ago. It is an ancient grain that is related to spinach and beets, and contains not only protein, but also iron, zinc, calcium, and omega-3 fatty acids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s a great alternative to rice and other grains, and is easy to cook\u2014a bonus for busy moms, since it can be prepared in the same amount of time it takes to cook rice. Quinoa can be used as a side dish, but it also works well in main dishes, soups, and salads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodiechamp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}