Ingredients:
1 cup of dry Quinoa
2 cups of cooked Black Beans (or 1 can)
1 ear of Corn
1 Red Onion
2 cloves of Garlic
1/4 cup of sliced Sun Dried Tomatoes
1 Cucumber
2 Celery Ribs
a few sprigs of Cilantro
Vinaigrette Ingredients:
1/4 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar
2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
1/4 cup of Spicy Peach Jalapeno Preserves
Salt to taste.
Directions:
Cook the quinoa according to your package directions. Let it cool down.
Cook your black beans unless your using canned.
Chop up all your vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
Mix the vinaigrette ingredients together.
Take a big bowl and mix the quinoa, vegetables and vinaigrette together. Stir well.
Let it marinade for a few hours in the fridge.
*You can make the preserves yourself with my recipe or you can use whatever you have on hand.
Here's the link for the recipe to my peach jalapeno preserves:
http://fatmanlive.weebly.com/dgs-musings/spicy-peach-jalapeno-preserves