red quinoa salad

When my brother came for a visit a month or so ago he came with a container of quinoa he and Rachel had been carrying across the country. They were planning to eat it, but never got the chance. Instead they refused to bring back where it came from and left this delightful treat with me. I have cooked quinoa a couple of times and have been trying to find something i liked with it. I think i've finally made a quinoa dish i can be proud to share. I heard somewhere that if your meal is colorful it is pretty darn healthy.

In my salad i had
2 handfulls of raisins
1 or so cup of corn
handful of raw unsalted sunflower seeds
half an onion chopped into small edible pieces
shallot diced
2 cloves of garlic diced
arugula
4 handfuls of grape tomatoes cut in half
tablespoon of parsley (wish i had it fresh though)

1 cup of uncooked quinoa---1 cup to 2 cups of water (broth is best)

I put the salad together adding oil and red wine vinegar as a seasoning (i would also add lemon juice, but i didn't have any). Salt and pepper
Plate the salad and put the quinoa on top in the center.

ENJOY...beware it's very stinky!