It's a versitile crop that's good for the planet! Plant-forward chef educator, Lauren Chandler, shared some delicious ways to enjoy amaranth!

Try these 20 easy amaranth recipes, like soft and chewy ginger cookies, lively lemon poppy seed muffins and amaranth chicken burgers, and you're bound to be converted.

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If you are using another grain like quinoa that requires longer to cook, you may need to add more water and increase the cooking time accordingly.

Today, amaranth is a crop with potential not only to enhance your cooking, but to feed the world. It can tolerate drought and grow in many regions—a blessing and a curse, because amaranth spreads so ...

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. In two separate batches of 1/2 cup each, add amaranth to hot pan. Cover with lid or splatter screen and continuously shake ...

It is also used as a nutrient-dense, gluten-free thickening agent in cooking. Amaranth takes about 20 minutes to cook - and it cooks similar to rice.

It is also used as a nutrient-dense, gluten-free thickening agent in cooking. Amaranth takes about 20 minutes to cook-- and it cooks similar to rice.

For these reasons, choosing to cook amaranth and add it to your daily diet can have great benefits. "Amaranth is a great source of protein, fiber, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus and iron.