Recipe: Quinoa Arugula Salad

This recipe is a slight variation of a recipe my Mom found on The Chew.  I wasn't a huge lover of arugula before trying this, but it is so good in it I love it!  I think my favorite part of the salad though is the dressing, it is kind of sweet, kind of tangy and has a mustardy taste to it - it's now one of my go to salad dressings.  I also want to try making just the quinoa and putting the dressing on it because I think that would be delicious too.  This salad is so light and fresh and goes great with chicken to make a very healthy dinner!

Ingredients:

-2/3 cup dry quinoa

-1 cup arugula

-1/4 cup chickpeas

-1/2 red onion

-1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

-1 lemon

-1 tsp. dijon mustard

-1 tsp. Stevia

Instructions:

-Rinse quinoa with cool water.

-Cook the quinoa: Place quinoa and 1 1/3 cups water in a pot.  Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and cover the pot.  Allow the quinoa to cook covered for 20 minutes and then take off the stove.

-Drain the chickpeas.

-Dice the onion.

-Juice the lemon.

-Stir together the olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, and Stevia.

-Combine the cooked quinoa, chickpeas, onion, arugula, and dressing in a bowl.

-Toss the salad to completely cover with dressing.

-Enjoy!

What's your favorite salad?

  

                

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