Reviewed: May 2, 2010

This was deeeeeeelicious. I love pesto, so this was perfect for me. I felt like it needed something else, though... so I added a can of chickpeas and it was great.

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Jesso

Reviewed: May 5, 2010

Quick and easy for a main dish or a side dish. I added sliced carrots at the end with the tomatoes for more color and some crunch. My husband had seconds!

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twilson

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: May 10, 2010

I hadn't thought of serving quinoa with pesto before so this recipe was a great idea starter for me. As well as the pesto, I added lots more tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, chopped olives, chopped spinach, pine nuts and ate the whole thing with a little grated Parmesan on top. Delicious!

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emmajeffery123

Reviewed: Jun. 13, 2010

This is very good. I've never cooked quinoa before, but found I needed to add a good bit more liquid before it was completely cooked. The pesto add a wonderful flavor. I used homemade that I'd frozen previously. I will make this again.

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Pam-3BoysMama

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2010

Super delicious! I used the Spinach Basil Pesto recipe from allrecipes.com and added some prosciutto. I would have given it 5 stars but I altered it a bit, although I am sure it is delicious as-is. Easy too. Yummm

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Kate

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Fremont, California, USA

Living In: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2010

Very good. My husband does not like quinoa but I thought I'd give it another go and he really enjoyed. My 16 month also ate it up. FYI, you can do quinoa in your rice cooker and it comes out perfectly.

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Angel

Reviewed: Jul. 20, 2010

This was OK, not great. I didn't have quite 2 tbsp pesto, but I don't think that was the problem. I think maybe it could have used a squeeze of lemon or lime juice. I added some cooked garbanzo beans, which was good. I also cooked with water instead of broth, but that is because I don't like quinoa cooked in broth. I might make again, but it won't be a top go-to quinoa recipe for me.

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MK!

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Edison, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2010

I made this as I am trying to use quinoa more often in our diet. It was delicious. Mostly because of the pesto. I added chicken which I fried in the pesto first as well. The children were a little taken back by the green colour of the whole meal. I said it was 'Hulk food' and that was OK. The pesto dominated the flavour so the quinoa was not really noticed.

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Leia Spencer

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2010

REALLY delicious! I'm a vegetarian so I used vegetable broth. My husband, not a fan of "veggie recipes" turned his nose slightly up at this when I told him what I was making, HOWEVER, he had countless servings and went on and on how tasty this was. My 9yr old scoffed it down too. Thank you for an easy, wonderful recipe!

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