Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

• 2 C water or chicken broth
• 1 C uncooked quinoa
• 0.5 C crumbled feta cheese
• 0.5 C chopped pecans
• 0.5 C chopped green onions
• 0.5 C dried cranberries
• 0 zest of 1 orange
• 0 ===Citrus Dressing===
• 0.25 C freshly sqeezed orange juice
• 2 T olive or canola oil
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 0.5 T kosher salt
• 10 cracks black pepper
• 2 T creole or other mild coarse-grained mustard

Instructions

1. Bring water or chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add quinoa and cover with a tight-fitting lid. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 20 minutes. Remove from heat, allow to stand 5 minutes and then fluff with a fork. Chill.
2. Toss chilled quinoa, cheese, pecans, onions, cranberries, and orange zest together. Drizzle citrus dressing over the mixture and then toss quickly to combine. Serve cold.
3. ==Dressing instructions== Whisk ingredients together. If possible, refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.