So I'm biased because I love Amaranth and living in SoCal without a car means it's hard to get my hands on. I started googling around to buy online at one point and was amused to find Amazon sold grain but decided to go ahead. So I bought 20 lbs of quinoa and 10 lbs of amaranth from this seller about a year ago, give or take. The quality is fine (grain is grain), shipping was reasonable given it weights 30 lbs, and I've been eating it all year. Still have some left, but it'll be time for another order in a few months.
Amaranth is great as a replacement for malt-o-meal or cream-o-wheat for the nutrition conscious, as a replacement for rice in many dishes, and I've even used it to make risotto with some home-grown mushrooms and asparagus. Quinoa has a more rice-like and less hot cereal-like texture than amaranth, but I prefer amaranth's flavor. They're both good though.
For best results, dry toast in a cast-iron skillet (either grain) before cooking like rice. (I use 3:2 ratio water:grain for quinoa and 2:1 ratio for amaranth)
Get used to the taste people...these are two of the only complete proteins found in the plant world, and as our planet gets more and more overcrowded we're going to be eating this and tilapia instead of meat. I, for one, won't mind!
One word of warning: it comes in a non-resealable bag, so get some jars or old 2 liter soda bottles/milk cartons for storage. Should keep 1-2 years at room temperature or indefinitely frozen.Get more detail about AMARANTH, 10 lbs..
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