Quinoa - The Mother Grain. The first time I served quinoa to my husband for dinner, the conversation before hand went a little like this: him, "what are we having for dinner tonight," me, "[something] with quinoa." "Keen what?" "Keen-wah" "whats that?" "quinoa," "really what’s for dinner?" "Quin-Wah" "huh?" "KEEN WAH" him, "I mean, is …