I've been very curious about making a dish with the grain quinoa. My co-worker Nicole has always said I should try it because it has the most protein of all the grains. I was at Costco a few weekends ago stocking up on canned foods and saw a big bag of quinoa. My mom bought it for me. So then I got this cookbook out to find a yummy-sounding recipe. I have more, but I'll have to look for them. I had planned on sticking with this recipe as written except for substituting onion for scallions (since I had onion already) and skipping the olives (I don't like olives). However, as I started sauteing the olive oil, and lemon juice, onion, garlic (oh yeah, I added garlic), and green pepper, I suddenly decided I wanted to saute all the veggies together so their flavor would mesh better. So I added the corn, beans, and apple cider vinegar too. You're supposed to make this in layers starting with the a quinoa-corn salad, then add the bean salad, and top w/ the seeds, olives, and pepper. Obviously, I didn't do it that way. I put just the quinoa first, then topped it w/ all the remaining ingredients, then put sunflower seeds on top (it calls for pumpkin seeds, but I couldn't find any). It all blends together when you eat it anyway, right! It's pretty good, an 8 or maybe 8 1/2. The quinoa pretty much just tastes like rice to me. I just mixed it all together in a container for leftovers, but then it seemed like there was too much quinoa, so I think I'll add a can of peas and black beans when I pull it out for leftovers.
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