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Quinoa Fiesta Salad

mittyrox
mittyrox Posts: 31
edited January 15 in Recipes
Quinoa Fiesta Salad
Ingredients
t = teaspoon T= table spoon
2 cups of cooked quinoa (cooled in fridge – avoids stickyness)
(boil 2 cups of water.. add 1 cup quinoa and boil for 12 minutes.. all water should be absorbed.. fluff with fork and stir and leave covered (off heat) for 10 minutes. Put in fridge for like 5 minutes because it’s better to cook with cooled quiona (or rice); this makes about 2 cups of cooked
2-3 t of grapeseed oil or any oil you use
½ small can of corn (no more because corn has a lot of sugar  )
½ pepper (any colour) (chopped) (or more if you want more veggies)
3 stemmed onions (chopped)
3 T parlsley, 1 clove garlic, 2 T soy sauce, 2 T lemon juice,
Ground pepper to taste

Cook and cool rice
In pan, heat oil, add garlic, peppers, stemmed onions and corn. Cook on medium heat for 4-5 minutes.
Add cooled quinoa and stir. Add soya sauce and lemon juice and parsley and mix.
Heat for 5 minutes and eat 
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