Quinoa w/Orange

Quinoa.  What a wonderful grain. I know we all eat our fair share of it when we eat gluten free.  It is a grain everyone should try because it is a complete protein.  I have tried it many different ways some hot some cold. I like to mix it up with the different colors - red, black and white. This time I added oranges and orange juice.

It can become difficult to keep some of these grains interesting because we use them so often. Just keep trying different things and you will eventually come up with a combination that surprises you.  Here is how I did this one.

Quinoa w/Orange

1 cup quinoa rinsed and cook in 2 cups of water - cool
1 cup celery chopped
1 cup orange bell pepper chopped
1/2 cup red onion chopped fine
6 cherry tomatoes sliced
1 orange peeled and cut into pieces
Handful of chopped parsley
1/2 tsp smoked Spanish Paprika, optional
Blend fresh squeezed orange juice with olive oil.  I used Moroccan olive oil. I did one part orange juice to 2 parts olive oil

Mix the quinoa and all the vegetables and fruit.  Then stir in the orange juice and olive oil blend to your taste.

Try it my way or as usual create your own.