Easy Quinoa Summer Salad

This salad combines the freshness of cilantro with the tang of lemon to create a summery, healthy and light salad. Perfect for a main dish or a side to fish or chicken, this salad will make you feel healthier after the first bite.

It has a limited number of ingredients, takes about 20 minutes to make from start to finish, and tastes like it takes a lot longer. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa
1 1/2 cups water
1 cucumber,diced
1 tomato,diced
1 red pepper, diced
1 mini can corn, drained
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 lemon
1/4 cup olive oil
sea salt
pepper


Put the quinoa and water into a medium pot. Turn on the heat to high. Once it boils, turn the heat to low and simmer covered for 15 minutes until soft. Remove from heat and cool.

In a medium bowl, add the diced cucumber, tomato, red pepper, drained can of corn, and cilantro. Add cooled quinoa. Stir to combine.

Cut lemon in half. Squeeze juice from both halves into a small bowl. Add the olive oil, some salt and pepper to the bowl, then whisk to combine.

Pour dressing over quinoa and veggie mixture, stir to combine. Add more salt and pepper to taste. Eat!!