Quinoa Salad - Boma

By cweeks

Yield: 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1/8 cup Quinoa
• 1/16 cup Rice Vinegar
• 1/16 cup Lemon Juice
• 1/16 cup Water
• 1/16 cup Sugar
• Dressing
• 1/16 cup Dijon Mustard
• 1/16 cup Rice Vinegar
• 1/16 cup Honey
• 1/16 cup Safflower Oil
• 1/4 Pear, julienned
• 1/18 pound Spinach, washed and cleaned

Preparation

Step 1

Method
1.
Place quinoa in the bowl and add water. Let soak for 30 seconds, drain,
and set aside.
2.
Make tart stock (vinegar, water, sugar, and lemon juice). Add quinoa.
Cook/simmer until quinoa blooms. Drain the quinoa and place on a sheet
pan. Let cool in the refrigerator.
3.
To make the mustard dressing, combine mustard, honey, and rice vinegar.
Whip together and add the oil in slowly. Adjust seasoning with salt
and pepper.
4.
Cut the pear into julienne strips. Wash spinach. Mix all the ingredients
together - spinach, quinoa, pear, and dressing. Serve.