Is quinoa a better substitute for rice?

Quinoa has quickly become popular for its versatility, its ability to take on the flavours it's cooked with, and its impressive health profile. Impressive enough to replace brown rice in your diet? Let's do a comparison. read more

When you boil it in water or prepare it in a rice cooker, however, it takes on a texture much like white rice or couscous. Substituting quinoa as a high-protein, high-fiber alternative. One cup of cooked quinoa has about 40 fewer calories than the same amount of white rice, but the real benefit is in the carbohydrates. read more

Quinoa has a much higher and healthier number of carbs than rice, although they are both a high source of carbohydrate, quinoa known as the super-seed is three to four times greater in nutrients compared to rice. read more

Red rice = cooks faster than brown rice, has more iron and zinc than brown rice; Why Quinoa is healthier than white rice. Brown rice is healthy, but quinoa is even healthier. Quinoa is a complete protein. Also, it has more of the following nutrients compared to brown rice: Riboflavin. read more

Some suggest that a quinoa vs rice comparison wouldn’t be fair as quinoa isn’t technically a grain, but a seed of the goosefoot plant. It is, however, prepared, cooked and eaten as like a grain, with similar nutritional value. read more

Brown rice has been promoted over white because it still contains the germ, which houses much of the grain's nutrients and ups it fibre content. A cup of brown rice has 14 per cent of your recommended daily fibre intake. That's impressive, but quinoa does rice even better, with 21 per cent. read more