QUINOA SALAD

Hi everyone.  Welcome to 2010.  Another year ahead.  Hopefully it will bring Love, Peace, and Good Health to everyone.  You can start on the healthy for the New Year with this wonderful Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wah) Salad.  This makes a really good lunch plate or a smaller one for dinner with a piece of grilled Chicken or Fish.  Quinoa is a power grain, it is much like couscous, etc.  New Year's resolutions always include, "lose weight, get moving, eat healthier".  So today, I am going to start you all off right with this great Salad.

QUINOA SALAD

Serves two for Lunch

1 bag of Romaine
1 Avocado
1 1/2 cups fresh Pineapple cut into chunks
1 cup orange slices (canned Mandarins are fine)
1 diced Cucumber
2 diced Roma Tomatoes
2 cups of cooked Quinoa
Juice of one orange
about 1/2 cup of olive oil

Cook the Quinoa according to directions and let it cool completely.  When cool, divide into portions on two dinner plates.  Divide the Romaine, place on top of the Quinoa.  Divide the Pineapple and arrange on top of the lettuce, do the same with the Orange slices. Add the Tomato and Cucumber on top.  Slice the Avocado and arrange on top of the Salad.  Zest one large Orange, then squeeze out the juice, mix this into the olive oil.  Add a little salt and pepper.  Mix with a wire whip.  Pour over the Salads.

There you have it.  A delicious, filling, healthy lunch.  Try it soon.  Pack it up for lunch at work.

Thanks for stopping in today.
Looking forward to a most wonderful New Year!
Ciao
Grayce