Simple Quinoa Salad
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup quinoa
1 cucumber chopped
1 cup sliced grape
1/2 cup thinly sliced scallions or diced red onion
1/2 cup finely chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped mint leaves
Juice from 1 lemons
1/2 tsp Real Salt or sea salt
1 small avocado cubed
Bring water to boil, add quinoa, cover, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes until tender. Let cool befor adding to salad. While quinoa is cooking, combine all other ingredients. Add cooled quinoa and mix well.
Chic peas are a nice additional to this salad to make it more filling. You could also make it Mexican style by adding black beans and using cilantro instead of parsley and mint.