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    My first encounter with quinoa

    We interrupt your regular apple and pumpkin-filled autumn foodfest with something hearty and healthful. Not that apples and pumpkins aren’t healthy, or that people ever get tired of autumn foods. Think of this as a sort of palate-cleanser, if you will. I’m just excited to share this recipe today first and foremost because it’s my first time trying quinoa! One of the things I love about having cookery as a hobby is the chance to get to encounter all these new and interesting ingredients. Quinoa may not be something new to you, but to me it certainly is. We’re all rice-eating folk here in the Philippines, but until I began…