It looks like we might not make it to the lamb this week. I was planning to do it tonight but Sahana was having so much fun at the park, we stayed there and skipped the grocery store before she dozed off on the way home. Anshul's working tomorrow late (i.e. I'm not cooking) and I have a Mom's Night Out on Sunday night... so next week we'll have some lamb loin.
Instead, tonight, I had to make dinner out of whatever I could find and home and I happened about this great Quinoa and Black Bean Salad. I bought Quinoa a long time back and have been meaning to try making it and what better opportunity when there isn't any other protein in the house. I was going to grill some salmon with it until Anshul called and said he was going to be going to a dinner at work. I'm okay with an all veggie meal, him less so. This salad was so good! It would be a great side salad, and excellent for lunch. I was happy with it by itself for dinner, but could also see serving it over lettuce, or with some chipotle sausages. I made the quinoa in the rice cooker with 1 cup quinoa, 2 c water. Also subbed 1 1/2 red/yellow pepper for the green and 1/2 jalepeno finely chopped for the pickled jalepeno. Forgot the red wine vinegar and didn't miss it. Threw in some diced roma tomatoes (2) and used Trader Joe's frozen grilled corn which has a great flavor.
Mmm... it was such a simple recipe, with flavors I liked, and I was expecting it to be good, but it was really, really good. The sweetness of the peppers and the corn, and the bite of the lime, and the earthiness of the beans and quinoa. So good, I just had to share.
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ReplyDeleteI love quinoa. Great for pilafs. We eat it in place of brown rice fairly often.
ReplyDeleteThis salad looks really tasty.