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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Quinoa Salad

First of all, there is NO way my kids would consent to eat this. This is strictly a Mommy treat at my house. However, you may have kids that don't despise tomatoes and "green things" so use it if you think you can get it past them. If not, more for you!

Salad:
1 C uncooked quinoa
2 C organic broth (I use chicken)
1 container grape tomatoes, halved
1/2 C finely chopped fresh parsley
1 good sized cucumber, cut into small pieces
1 bunch of scallions, finely sliced
6 oz (or more) goat or sheep milk feta (I get mine cheap at Phoenicia)

Dressing:
1/4 C olive oil
1/4 C apple cider vinegar
Juice of 1 fresh lemon
1/2 tsp. garlic salt

Cook quinoa with broth according to package directions. When cooked, cool in the fridge for a couple of hours. Chop up all the vegetables, crumble the feta, and mix up the dressing ingredients. In a large bowl, mix it all together. You may want to let this sit for a couple of hours to allow the flavors to marry...or you can suck some down right away and let the rest sit and marry ;) The latter is the method my mother in law employed over the last two batches and it works just fine....yum!

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