Summer Quinoa Salad

I'm kind of getting tired of eating out of the pantry. It can be so uninspiring. Salads are where it's at in the Summer. Step one: make dressing. Step two: add a multitude of ingredients. Step three: eat. My kind of meal prep.

Summer Quinoa Salad

1/2 cup quinoa

1 cup water

1/2 inch ginger root

4 cloves of garlic, plus 1 clove

Red pepper flake

1/2 cup cucumber, peeled and chopped

1 large radish, sliced

4 cherry tomatoes, sliced

1/2 cup arugula

1 tbsp fennel fronds

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1/2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp mustard

Salt and pepper

Cook quinoa according to directions on packaging. Add ginger root, 4 cloves of garlic and red papper flake to water to cook quinoa. While the quinoa cooks, prepare the rest of the salad.

In a medium bowl, mix extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, remaining garlic (chopped), salt and pepper. Add cucumber, radish, tomatoes, arugula and fennel to the dressing. Add cooked quinoa to salad and mix to evenly distribute dressing over salad. Enjoy!

I've hopped onto the tomato and cucumber train. Yum yum! All aboard!

-Akemi-chan