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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-2-crazy-for-quinoa/">Food of the Week [Part 2]: Crazy for Quinoa</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 23, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Jessica Hale</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Increasing in popularity all over North America, quinoa is not just for health nuts anymore. Its nutty flavor, cute spiral shape and complete protein content make it a great choice for anyone who wants to add a little variety and extra health to their diet without sacrificing taste or time. Although quinoa may seem relatively new to our kitchens, it’s actually been enjoyed by the people of Andean South America for at least 5,000 years. Quinoa was sacred to the ancient Incans, who called it the “mother seed”. It was so important to their culture that when the Spanish arrived to colonize the region, they destroyed quinoa fields and executed South American Indians who were caught growing the plant in their attempt to subjugate and control the people. Quinoa was all but unheard of for hundreds of years afterwards,…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-2-crazy-for-quinoa/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-2-crazy-for-quinoa/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-2-crazy-for-quinoa/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-part-2-crazy-for-quinoa/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/recipes/">recipes</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/vegetarianism/">vegetarianism</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/food-of-the-week/">food-of-the-week</a><br /><br /> </P>