Quinoa Salad With Tahini Dressing

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons warm water
• 1/4 cup tahini
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon aleppo pepper
• 2 cups grape tomatoes, halved (can sub cherry tomatoes)
• 1 cup english cucumber, diced
• 2/3 cup parsley, chopped
• 1/3 cup fresh mint, chopped
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 cook quinoa according to package directions, using 1/4 teaspoon salt. let cool.
• 2 in a large bowl, whisk together lemon juice, oil, tahini, warm water, garlic, cumin, peppers and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• 3 stir in cooled quinoa, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, mint and green onions, stirring to coat quinoa and vegetables with dressing.
• 4 this recipe can be refrigerated up to 3 days.
• 5 the original recipe called for 1 cup of canned lentils to be added with vegetables and quinoa and doubled the amounts of lemon juice, olive oil and water for the dressing.