Quinoa Salad

As a part of my Thanksgiving dinner I also made Quinoa salad. It was simple but quite good. Paired well with the other food that I made.

This is how I made it.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup quinoa
• 1 1/2 cups cold water
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup snow peas, shell peas, celery, or green beans
• 2 small carrots, peeled and sliced thin
• 1/2 green or red pepper, sliced thin
• 1 medium ripe tomato

Dressing:

• 2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Quinoa can be made ahead of time and refrigerated. Put quinoa with the water and salt in a pot. Cover the pot, bring to a full boil, turn the heat to low, and cook for 15 minutes. You know that the quinoa is done when there are small white threads coming out of the quinoa. Remove from heat and set aside to cool

You can either steam the carrots and green veg for 5 minutes or until tender-crisp, drain, rinse in cold water and drain again or you can have them fresh. Which is what I did. Chop the tomatoes. 

Blend dressing ingredients with a whisk.

Gently combine veggies, quinoa and dressing in a large bowl

Cover and chill, or serve immediately

Delicious healthy food