Schaumburg girl’s quinoa burger a winner in Michelle Obama’s ‘healthy lunch' contest

suntimes.com ^ | July 4, 2015 | sontiveros

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Nine-year-old Shreya Patel of Schaumburg will be among the young winners of Michelle Obama’s “healthy lunchtime challenge” who’ll get to dine with the first lady at the White House later this week.

Her garam masala quinoa burger with raita was chosen as the winning recipe entered from Illinois, winning her a spot at the awards luncheon Friday.

Entries had to be healthy, affordable and tasty.

Shreya wrote in an essay accompanying her entry that she’s been cooking since she was 3 and said she loves to “mix, measure, chop and even clean up afterwards.”

Here’s her recipe:

GARAM MASALA QUINOA BURGER WITH RAITA

[PROCON]

Hmmmm.....................Where's the Meat?

[headstamp 2]

QUINOA is what, 7 bucks a small bag?

[FreeAtlanta]

I thought that was bat sh....

[unixfox]

Never even heard of it.

Probably because it’s something only the rich can afford.

[PROCON]

I had to look it up...

Quinoa

Grain

Quinoa is a species of the goosefoot genus, a grain crop grown primarily for its edible seeds. It is a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal, as it is not a member of the true grass family. Wikipedia

[Rodamala]

[headstamp 2]

I’ve tried it.

It’s basically seed-based muck when cooked.

Think pablum.

[Awgie]

For the first time in my life I was proud of my burger!

[JPG]

--her garam masala quinoa burger with raita was chosen as the winning recipe.

[momtothree]

Well, she looks Indian so I assume she doesn’t eat red meat (cow). I disagree that the recipe is low cost. I have tried several brands of veggie burgers and TBH... I haven’t found one yet that was good.

[mass55th]

The winning prize is eating with Moochie at the White House? Sounds more like she got the booby prize.

[PROCON]

The poor little girl's mother put her up to this.

The mother just wants to be invited to the White House so she can drool over the Mooch's fashionable wardrobe.

[fatnotlazy]

Another brainwashed child.

[DoodleDawg]

And how are schools supposed to serve it on the buck-ten a day or whatever their budget is for the lunch?

[discostu]

It used to be poor people food, specifically poor Andean people. Then the hipsters got a hold of it, and labeled it a super food. Tastes terrible. There’s a reason only poor people ate it for centuries.

[SZonian]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/16/vegans-stomach-unpalatable-truth-quinoa

http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2110890,00.html

Yeah, I know, it’s the Guardian & Time...but it speaks to the effects on the natives and their economies.

[molson209]

her recipe has a Ton of Spice for taste/flavor to make it palatable

[who knows what evil?]

I thought that was bat sh....

That's 'guano'...I use it my garden.

[MaxMax]

What ever happened to rice cakes? When I grew up we could feed the whole family
on 5oz of food for a whole day! And for desert we had mud pies until the EPA came
in and told us that adding water to the dirt was regulated by the Feds and we were
under investigation for hate crimes against Gaya. Now we just eat air.

Someone in DC needs to openly tell these people to go F themselves.

[PROCON]

But...but...but..it makes liberals feel good.