How to Make a Quinoa Salad

A quinoa salad is a refreshing change to the usual leafy green salad and it's high in protein. Quinoa is great as a side dish, a substitute for rice, or in a salad.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 cups quinoa
• 1 can of organic corn
• 1 can of sliced black olives
• two bunches of green onions
• olive oil
• white balsamic vinegar
• red chili powder
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Get a medium sized sauce pan and put it 4 cups of water and 2 cups of quinoa (2:1 ratio of quinoa to water). Bring to a boil, cover the pan with a lid and simmer on low for 15 minutes

2. Rinse canned corn and olives and chop two bunches of chives and put them in a bowl.

3. Add olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and red chili powder to taste.

4. Take cooled quinoa, fluff it and add it to the bowl of vegetables. Mix and serve!

Tips & Warnings

• quinoa is pronounced keen-wah
• you can also use a rice cooker to make the quinoa
• quinoa flour can be used in wheat-based and gluten-free baking

[STARRYNITE]

on 10/30/2007 This sounds great. I bought a box of quinoa but haven't know what to do with it. Thanks for an easy recipe!