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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Qinoa (keen-wah) cooks like rice but has many other healthy properties, including being gluten-free. Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa |
2 cups water |
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil |
3/4 cup fresh lemon juice |
1 teaspoon dried oregano |
1 garlic clove, minced |
1/2 cup kalamata olive, pitted |
1 bunch scallion |
1 cucumber, sliced |
1 pint grape tomatoes, halved |
7 ounces fat-free crumbled feta cheese |
1/2 red onion, sliced in rings |
salt and pepper |
Directions:
1. Bring 2 cups water to boil in a medium saucepan.
2. Add quinoa, cover tightly and reduce to a simmer.
3. Cook 15 minutes or until quinoa is almost translucent. Once cooking is finished, cool the quinoa in the freezer for 15 minutes while preparing the other ingredients.
4. In a small bowl combine olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, and garlic. Toss with quinoa.
5. Place scallions, cucumber slices, grape tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese and kalamata olives together in a large bowl, add quinoa and gently toss everything together. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
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