Amaranth are tiny seeds with a mild nutty flavour amaranth is a highly nutritious cooking ingredient great for thickening sauces soups and stews add as an extra ingredient or on its own as a nutritious addition to any meal or use to add a bit more variety to gluten free meals using 1 part amaranth to 2 and 12 parts water simply bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer for 20 minutes higher in protein than most other grains rich in calcium magnesium iron contains the