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QUINOA SALAD

It's a gluten free salad!

• 1 Cup of Quinoa
• 2 Cups of Water
• Salt
• 12 Dried Apricots chopped
• 2 Shallots chopped
• 1 Yellow or green pepper chopped
• ¼ cup pine nuts

The Vinaigrette

• Grated zest of ½ lemon
• Juice of ½ lemon
• Fresh cilantro chopped
• 1 Tsp Paprika
• 1 Tsp Ground cumin
• ½ Ground coriander
• Salt & pepper
• Olive oil

Cook the Quinoa with 2 cups of water and set aside. Chop the pepper, shallots and apricots and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the lemon zest, lemon juice and 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add the shallots, fresh cilantro and pepper and mix well. Add all of the cooked quinoa and 1 more tbsp of olive oil. Add the paprika, cumin, coriander, salt & pepper to taste, the pine nuts and mix everything together. Transfer to a salad bowl and decorate with slices of tomato, lemon, pine nuts and fresh cilantro. Serve with bread sticks and sesame seed crackers. Smacznego!