Quinoa Salad – Make it Your Way

What a great way to get your kid to love quinoa and vegetables!

My 6 year old keeps asking for it, and everyone has tried it loves it.

Ingredient:

1 cup uncooked quinoa (any color, I had red on hand)

Any combination of vegetables, that’s not too liquidy, but an onion (red preferably) is a must. Add vegetables such as multi-color bell peppers, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, radishes, sugar snap peas, 1 small tomato, 1 rib of celery… The hard part is to have variety but not too much in quantity. An avocado would be a very nice touch for creaminess and coolness.

Instruction:

Rinse and cook quinoa per instruction. Or, bring 1 cup quinoa and 2 cups of water to a boil and reduce heat to low, lid on, simmer for 20-25 minutes or until liquid completely evaporate. Fluff up quinoa with a fork, set aside to cool.

In the mean time, wash and chop all vegetables to about 1/4 inch dice. Throw all vegetable dices into a large bowl.

Throw in cooked quinoa with vegetables.

Sprinkle salt and freshly ground black pepper. Drizzle about 2 tbsp good quality extra virgin olive oil and 1 tbsp red wine vinegar, or balsamic vinegar, or even lemon juice. Mix well and enjoy!