Ok, Mystery Veg – Part 7 was not a vegetable, nor a fruit, as I said. It’s quinoa.

Quinoa is often thought of as a cereal or grain, but it’s actually it’s a seed – a species related to beets, spinach and even tumbleweeds. Apparently the leaves are also edible.

I had heard a few people talking about it on the BTV forums as an alternative to rice or pastas and even using it for a breakfast food similar to oats, so on my latest trip to the Wedge Co-Op, I decided to give it a shot. The stuff I bought was organic red quinoa and it runs about $3.50 a pound… I bought just under a pound and got a bit more than two cups.

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Ok, this isn’t a vegetable, or a fruit. But the title still sounds better than Mystery Food, so I’m sticking with it.

Post a guess in the comments!

Time once again for another mystery vegetable. This one is sorta easy, but hard part is getting the specific type of vegetable that it is. Leave your guesses in the comments!

Another mystery veg post – this one could be another easy one, but after I share what it is, I have a sort of unusual recipe to go along with it.

As usual, leave a guess in the comments, I’ll add more bout it later.

I have a new mystery vegetable to share. I tried cooking a couple different things with this one last week and I liked it. Will be using it more… just bought another today in fact.

Leave your guesses in the comments, I’ll let ya know more bout it later.

This one, if you have been paying attention at all.. you should already know. But I’ll give it a few days before I post the answer… oh, and as a bonus, you get two pics this time!

Oh yea, and this one is technically a fruit, not a vegetable, but “Mystery Fruit” just… ain’t right.