Dori,

Amaranth has a very different flavor to me. It can be a bit strong tasting, so what you add to it can be important. The grain maintains its little shape after cooking, but is a very, um...gummy or porridge-y consistency. I use it for breakfast, and add my precooked chicken and herbs / spices. I have also used it in soups as a kind of thickener.

I had a book that gave instructions on how to pop it, which was fun to do with my girls...but we ended up burning quite a few of them, so it didn't taste very good. I also had a recipe for waffles, and I really like the way it crisped up. I don't think I've ever tried putting seaweed in it, so it is possible to make it and it eat without the seaweed!

Have fun exploring!

Colette

: Hi Allison:

: Could you tell me how to cook
: amaranth, what it tastes like and
: what else you put with it?
: I bought some the other day and don't
: know how to cook it. I went
: on Utube to learn how to make it
: but she put some strange kind of
: ground up seaweed in it and I
: don't know if that is essential or
: not.

: Dori