Kale and Quinoa Salad:
An original recipe by Liberty Tsighis
This recipe is part of the 30 Ways to Make Quinoa Challenge.
Ingredients
1/2 cup quinoa, cooked
1 cup kale, sliced, washed and stems removed
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove minced fresh garlic
1/4 tsp onion powder
1 tblsp extra virgin olive oil
Half the juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare quinoa . In a bowl of water soak quinoa for 15 minutes and rinse. Bring to a boil 1 1/4 cup of water then add quinoa and bring back to a boil. Then cover, reduce heat to simmer for 12 minutes, let stand for 10 minutes.
- Prepare kale by washing leaves and removing the stem. A trick to removing the stem is to simply tear the leaves away from it. Once stems are removed slice or tear into bite size pieces.
- Combine quinoa and kale in medium mixing bowl and toss together.
- In a separate bowl whisk together paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, olive oil and lemon juice.
- Pour olive oil mixture over kale and quinoa and toss until well combined and coated. Add salt and pepper to taste.
