{"id":1570,"date":"2019-03-14T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2019-09-22T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T23:52:07","slug":"good-to-go-mexican-quinoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivestarhikes.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/14\/good-to-go-mexican-quinoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Good To-Go Mexican Quinoa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve never been a quinoa fan, but this dish surprised me<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems like I always have a few “leftover” backpacking meals in the pantry. They come in handy on the occasional bachelor’s night. Recently, I found myself home alone with nobody to make or bring me dinner so I broke out this one. I’ve never really enjoyed quinoa, but the rest of this meal had seemed intriguing, so it had made a recent purchase list….but my quinoa thing had kept it from actually reaching the trail. Well, it was time to find out what this meal really tasted like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, this gave me a chance to break in my new Evernew 0.9L pot set with frying pan lid as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I boiled up 15 oz. of water in the pot, mixed in the meal, covered it, and looked for 20 minutes to kill while the meal rehydrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading about the ingredients on Good To-Go’s website killed some of that time. Let’s see….quinoa, black beans, winter squash, corn, onion, butternut squash, tomato flakes, poblano pepper, and cacao powder and a bunch of yummy spices to make a mole sauce. Sounded very intriguing indeed. 6.7 oz. and 700 calories for the double portion….not bad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what it looked like 20 minutes later:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pretty, ain’t it? I like a dish with color- that usually means some good spices and veggies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stirred it up and let it cool for a couple of minutes and then dug in. And I was very pleasantly surprised! The quinoa wasn’t mushy, and the flavors were everywhere. I’ll have to admit, it’s REALLY good. Quinoa is high in protein and gluten-free, and if all the other ingredients in this dish can make quinoa taste that good, consider me converted. Chef Jen nailed the flavors on this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2 person portion was almost more than I could eat, which means that on the trail it would be just right for one hungry hiker at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do believe that this meal will earn a place in my pack on a future hike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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