Please join me in my kitchen as I prepare Quinoa milk for my little girl!
Some information on Quinoa:
Called a supergrain, quinoa is highly nutritious and can supply us with all of the body's req...
Please join me in my kitchen as I prepare Quinoa milk for my little girl!
Some information on Quinoa:
Called a supergrain, quinoa is highly nutritious and can supply us with all of the body's requirements: carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Quinoa is gluten free and considered an ideal food for those prone to food allergies. Common allergens include grains from the grass family such as corn and wheat. Quinoa, a leafy grain, is not in the grass family, making it beneficial for people who cannot tolerate common grains like wheat, corn, rye, barley, and oats.
Quinoa is considered to contain all the essential amino acids, making it a complete protein. According to the Alternative Field Crops Manual of the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension, "Quinoa is a highly nutritious food. The nutritional quality of this crop has been compared to that of dried whole milk by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The protein quality and quantity in quinoa seed is often superior to those of more common cereal grains.
Quinoa possesses larger quantities of calcium, fat, iron, phosphorus, and B vitamins than many other grains. One-half cup of cooked quinoa contains 15.5 mg of calcium, compared to 8.5 mg in the same quantity of cooked whole-wheat cereal. The protein content is a whopping 4.1g for that one-half cup of cooked quinoa. Potassium is impressively high with 159 mg. as is zinc with 1 mg. Other impressive figures include 1.38 mg of iron, and 59 mg. magnesium. In the category of fiber quinoa rates top scores with 2.6 grams for one-half cup cooked grain.
(***PLEASE NOTE:
The consistency of the quinoa milk is more like a watery porridge because I cook the grain before blending. It will not have the thin water like texture you get with soaking a grain before blending it. This is particularly why I make it only for the baby.)
Also we purchase our spelt flour from the link below:
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how many ounces and how many bottles per day? the formula i buy is organic but im still worried about the can. my baby is 8 months old. and every1 is telling me that nothing has enough vitamins and minerals as the formula does... can i add vit drops to the quinoa milk or cod liver oil or coconut n almond milk to replace for the stuff quinoa is missing...????
@thislifeofmine As natural as we're presently able to. I'd say the answer is no to every public service the gov't offers. We do everything inside the home.
@learningorganically Thanks! Almond milk is ok as well, my daughter had nut allergies so that was not an option for us. Plus I wanted something with more calcium and other minerals.
But almond milk is not bad if you make it, it's best and if you buy it and it does not contain soy lecithin that's the one you want to stick with.
@abdeeturt The creation of the milk was a result of me needing to find substitute for breastmilk. My daughter was about 10 months old when I began to give it to her. But others have given to babies younger than that.
Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't recommend this at all. Breastmilk is best, and after child is weaned...milk is no longer needed as a part of the diet.
@xxneddaxx I wouldn't even compare it to infant formula...because for the very little good that's contain within infant formula, there's a ton more toxic.
I have info. posted on the side that shows mineral content. If that's not enough you'll have to google it and do a comparison if that's what you need.
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the formula i buy is organic but im still worried about the can. my baby is 8 months old.
and every1 is telling me that nothing has enough vitamins and minerals as the formula does... can i add vit drops to the quinoa milk or cod liver oil or coconut n almond milk to replace for the stuff quinoa is missing...????
But almond milk is not bad if you make it, it's best and if you buy it and it does not contain soy lecithin that's the one you want to stick with.
Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't recommend this at all. Breastmilk is best, and after child is weaned...milk is no longer needed as a part of the diet.
I have info. posted on the side that shows mineral content. If that's not enough you'll have to google it and do a comparison if that's what you need.