Hi, I'm Rosie.
And I'm Jack, and this is Bella.
We're going to make
quinoa today.
Quinoa is a seed that's eaten
like a grain.
What does it taste like?
Quinoa has a nutty flavor that
will go really nicely with some
other veggies in our grain bowl.
But you can also cook other
types of grains the same way
that we will cook our quinoa.
You just have to adjust the
cooking time.
Grains are shown as the
orange-shaded section of
the MyPlate icon.
Whole grains are good for our
health in so many ways.
The dietary fiber in our whole
grains, like quinoa, help us
feel full and helps keep our
digestive  tract healthy.
What I really like about quinoa
is that it takes a lot less time
to cook than rice, so I don't
have to wait as long.
So the first step is you're
going to wet your hands
with running water.
Now apply soap, and you're
going to scrub your hands
for about 20 seconds.
Or, another tip you can do,
is you can sing
"Happy Birthday" twice.
Under your nails, behind the
hand get in-between
your fingers.
Then you can rinse your
hands off.
And now you're going to use the
paper towel to turn
off the faucet.
There you go!
We're using pre-rinsed quinoa.
So let's measure out 1 cup.
Why don't you do this with a
dry measure cup?
So, you just to spoon
it in. Just like that.
And then when you get it to the
top, you want to shave it off 
with your butter knife there.
The back of the butter knife,
you can shave it right off.
Okay.
Looks good.
So now let's measure the water.
The liquid measure allows you
to measure different fractions
of the cup.
This is one-quarter, this
is half a cup, and 3/4
measure mark.
That's so you can pour liquids
and measure.
And the spout makes it easy
to pour liquid.
When we pour liquid into a
measuring cup, we make sure
it's on a flat surface.
Get eye-level to the top line
of the liquid so you can see
when it reaches half a cup.
Let's try measuring and looking
for the top of the liquid.
So, Jordan, can you pour the
water in there for me?
And, Lily, hold it steady
for me.
You want to see it when it
reaches that half cup line.
And stop.
Perfect.
And now let's get eye-level.
Get down.
Is that a half cup?
Yeah.
Perfect.
Let's start to boil the water
that's going to cook our quinoa.
When the quinoa is cooking
and absorbs the water, the
quinoa will get bigger, and
we'll have three cups of
quinoa after it's cooked.
And stovetops are very hot,
so we need to keep our stove
area very clean.
It's important to have more
water than grains when cooking
because grains absorb water.
Different grains have
different ratios...
...so, for quinoa, the ratio is
1 cup of uncooked quinoa
to 2 cups of water.
We turn on the burner to
“high” to get the water to
start boiling quickly.
How do we know when the water
is boiling?
When we heat water, all of the
molecules begin to move, and
they move faster and faster
until we start to see bubbles.
Once we see bubbles, then
we know that the temperature
has reached 212 degrees
Fahrenheit when the water
is bubbling.
I can see the water bubbling.
Can we add the quinoa now?
Okay, so we want to make sure
that the bubbles don't get too
big and jump out of the pot,
so once we see that it's reached
its boiling point, we can lower
the heat to prevent it
from overflowing.
And once we lower the heat,
we change the water from
boiling to simmering.
Okay.
Now the water isn't
bubbling anymore.
Right.
When we add things to boiling
water, the temperature gets
really low because the quinoa
we added isn't as hot as the
boiling water we added it to.
So now it's time to cook
our quinoa.
All we have to do is cover
the pot...
...and I'm going to put 15
minutes on the timer.
All right.
And we'll just check back in
15 minutes.
It's been 15 minutes.
Can I check on the quinoa now?
Do you remember how to open
the lid?
You open it out away from your
face with these mitts to let out
the hot steam.
And there's your quinoa.
So we can tell the quinoa
is done because all the liquid
is absorbed. And it looks like
quinoa has popped like
popcorn kernels.
Grains go well with so many
things, it's so easy to top them
off with other foods.
Here's a bowl for Bella.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
And one for Jack.
Thank you.
And we get to choose a protein
to mix in.
Can I put in broccoli, carrots,
and some fruit too?
Yes, it's a bowl made of four
different MyPlate foods.
