Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Quinoa, Cucumber, Onion & Hummus Salad, Yummy!

So lunchtime came & went and now I'm finally taking a much needed break from my herbal salves. I've got sesame ezekiel bread in the stove (because I haven't set up the toaster oven yet), smothered in olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt. This is going to go along with the guacamole I finally finished today and the quinoa salad I just whipped together. That came out awesome!! I managed to use the avocados before they overripened and spoiled and found a use for the quinoa that was sitting in the fridge begging to be used. I'll go over the guacamole recipe on another page, but right now, I'm going to talk about the quinoa salad:
Ingredients:
Red Quinoa
Red Onion
Cucumber
Hummus
Dried black Calamata Olives
Olive Oil
Sea Salt

Make 1 cup of red quinoa (doesn't have to be red, that's just the kind we had)
Slice1 large or 2 small cucumbers into small cubes
Dice 2 or 3 tablespoons of red onions
Pit the dried Calamata olives, dice and throw in bowl
Add Onion, Cucumber, 4 tblsp olive oil, and a few dashes of sea salt. Next add Quinoa & toss. Finally add the hummus (of your choice, not teaching how to make hummus this moment). Stir together and serve!

*A nice variation if you prefer would be to add parsley to this dish. That's if you like, and have parsley!

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