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Quinoa Salad

• 1 cup uncooked quinoa
• 2 cups water
•  ¾  onion
• ½ - ¾ bunch of cilantro
• 1 red or green pepper
• 1 yellow or orange pepper
• 1 tomato
• 1 jalapeño
• 1 can of black beans
• ¾ can of whole kernel corn
• 1 lime 
• 1½  tblsp of olive oil
• ½ tblsp of black pepper
• 1 tblsp of ms. Dash southwest salt-free seasoning (add to taste)

(Follow directions on box to cook quinoa) Using your 1 cup quinoa and 2 cups water begin cooking. (takes about 15 mins)

Chop, dice and slice onion, cilantro, peppers, tomato and jalapeño, combine into large bowl. Open, drain and rinse black beans and corn, place in both with the rest of ingredients.

Quinoa should be finished cooking at this point if there is water left in pan you can drain by pouring quinoa into a cheese cloth (DO NOT USE STRAINER OR YOU’LL HAVE A BAD TIME). Pour quinoa into both with all other chopped ingredients.

In a small bowl combine olive oil, pepper and southwest seasoning. Stir as best as possible and stir into big bowl of goodness.

Now slice lime in halves and squeeze all the mothaluvin’ juice from both halves into the bowl.

Cover bowl with tinfoil and place in refrigerator or divide into half pint wide mouth mason jars (makes about 4 jars).

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