Quinoa Salad - Take Two

I’m about to tell you a big secret: Are you ready for it? I’m not sure I should tell you so early on in the game, but what the heck – you’ll figure it out pretty soon anyway….

Here it is….You cannot screw up a Quinoa Salad Recipe! There. You have it.

I professed my love of Quinoa in the first quinoa post…it’s such a great grain to cook with. And really – there are so many derivations and little things you can do to change it up.

Below is one of my own creations. If you have a good dressing, you can throw in what you have (more or less) on hand.  

Sun-Tom Pesto Quinoa

Dressing:

2 tbsp sundried tomato pesto

2 cloves garlic

Big handful of roughly chopped basil

1 tbsp honey

¼ cup grapeseed oil

¼ cup white wine vinegar
salt and pepper

Salad:

1 and ½ cups cooked red quinoa (cooled)

bunch of steamed green beans (they still had a good crunch)

one diced red pepper

orange (for color) grape tomatoes cut in half

¾ cup feta cheese (sundried and basil flavored)

torn basil

Toss ingredients all together and serve!