Tomato-Mint Quinoa Salad

Description

Even for non-vegetarians, quinoa is a great change to rice or pasta. I’ve been trying to think of more dishes using quinoa and came up with this salad.

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups water
• 1 ¼ cups quinoa
• ⅓ cup raisins
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced
• 1 medium onion, minced
• 10 radishes, quartered
• ½ cucumber, diced
• 2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
• ¼ cup chopped fresh mint
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ¼ cup lime juice
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• salt to taste

Prep Time: 40 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Servings: 4