Grilled Scallops with Orange-Scented Quinoa

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Love the combination of orange and scallops. Quinoa adds a fantastic texture pairing to the scallops. I used cilantro because I was out of parsley and it added a nice flavor twist. I also used black beans instead of garbanzo.

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This was my first time cooking Quinoa and also scallops. It was perfect! I just cut down the olive oil in half and it was still amazing!

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This recipe cooks up beautiful. The orange zest and quinoa smells and tastes perfect. The garbanzo beans give a nice opposing texture to the scallops but I think next time I will try this recipe with bay scallops and no beans. All in all a 3 star recipe.

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Oh my goodness, this was DELICIOUS! I did modify the quinoa a bit by not putting the orange peel in...I have an aversion to grated things. Loved loved loved this meal.

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I added a bit of honey to the quinoa after reading so many bitter posts. Turned out very nice and light. I'd make it again.

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I usually love giada's receipe but this one was just ok.
I did added some lemon zest and sugar snap pea but still needed
something else.

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The quinoa needed something, so I added some lemon zest and more salt. Now I am going to add some sliced green onion. Not sure I would make it again...sorry Giada

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For some reason my quinoa had a strange, bitter taste to it. I haven't eaten quinoa enough times to know whether this is typical of the food or not, but I'm guessing it had less to do with the quinoa (pre-washed, btw and more to do with another ingredient... maybe the type of olive oil I used, or the orange zest. I halved the recipe and therefore used approximately half an orange's-worth of zest, but maybe I used a little too much. I'm fully aware that the white part of the rind is to be avoided when zesting, but it might be possible that some snuck in. I only made one change in using dried parsley (with the appropriate measurement modifications instead of fresh, and I don't think this would contribute to the bitterness. Bah. I'm so sad this didn't turn out better!

In other news, the scallops worked beautifully with the dish and helped mellow out the bitterness, as did the beans.

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wow added some toasted pine nits and some raisins used organic quinoa and organic raisins. this dish rocks will make it again and again. loved the dressing for the quinoa

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I only made the quinoa as a side dish to some pork chops. It was delicious! This is definitely my new favorite quinoa recipe.