{"id":35,"date":"2026-10-03T10:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/2026\/10\/03\/the-simple-way-to-cook-fluffy-quinoa-every-time\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:11:59","slug":"the-simple-way-to-cook-fluffy-quinoa-every-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/2026\/10\/03\/the-simple-way-to-cook-fluffy-quinoa-every-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The simple way to cook fluffy quinoa every time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soggy, bitter quinoa almost always comes down to two skipped steps: rinsing and resting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rinse it well<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quinoa has a natural coating called saponin that tastes bitter. Rinse it in a fine sieve under cold water for thirty seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use less water than you think<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One part quinoa to one and three-quarter parts water gives separate, fluffy grains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rest, then fluff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simmer covered for twelve minutes, take the pan off the heat and leave the lid on for five more. Fluff with a fork and spread on a tray to cool if you are meal prepping.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soggy, bitter quinoa almost always comes down to two skipped steps: rinsing and resting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-recipe-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}