My mom found this recipe in a newspaper (really not sure which one) and clipped it for me. When I went to visit we decided to make this for a nice dinner one evening. In actuality I don’t even know what the original recipe reads like and I didn’t make it at my mom’s but my brother made us a wonderful meal to come home to, which included his version of this recipe, which I am posting below.
It’s a perfect summer BBQ accompaniment and it’s what we’re serving tonight with grilled corn-on-the-cob and grilled steaks (yes, okay there’s meat in tonight’s meal).
Greek Quinoa Salad
Quinoa
- 1 1/2 cups quinoa
- 3 cups vegetable broth
Salad Stuff
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Red Pepper
- Red Onion
- Feta Cheese (optional if you want it to be vegan)
- Italian Parsley
Dressing
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- 3 cloves crushed garlic
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 2 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Salt to taste (careful on the salt because Feta has lots of salt)
Rinse quinoa. Bring quinoa and broth to boil, turn down and simmer for 25 – 30 min until fluffy. Essentially cook quinoa like rice. Let quinoa cool. Once cool add remaining ingredients and add dressing. It may seem like a lot of dressing but the quinoa will absorb some of it. Let sit covered in the fridge for at least an hour.
This whole bowl of salad disappeared before I even had a chance to dig out the camera. Don’t worry there will be plenty of opportunities this summer as I am sure this is our new fav salad.
Update June 12/11 – I made this salad again for dinner tonight and snapped a good shot on our new patio set in our awesome sunroom. Looks pretty awesome, hey?
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