Recipe courtesy Melissa d’Arabian<\/p>\n
Ingredients
\n\u20221\/2 cup quinoa
\n\u20221 1\/4 cups water, plus 2 cups
\n\u20221\/2 cup lentils
\n\u20221 teaspoon Dijon mustard
\n\u20222 tablespoons red wine vinegar
\n\u20221\/4 cup vegetable oil
\n\u20221\/4 teaspoon garlic powder
\n\u20221 lime, zested
\n\u2022Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
\n\u20222 green onions, chopped
\n\u20221 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves
\nDirections
\nPut the quinoa in a sieve and rinse in cold water. In a large microwave-proof bowl with a cover, add the rinsed quinoa and 1 1\/4 cups water. Cover and microwave on high for 9 minutes. Let it sit for 2 minutes then stir. Quinoa should be tender enough to eat, but with a little “pop” upon biting.<\/p>\n
Put the lentils in a sieve and rinse in cold water. In a saucepan, simmer the lentils in 2 cups water until the lentils are tender, but not mushy, about 30 minutes. Drain and cool.<\/p>\n
In a small bowl, whisk the mustard and vinegar together, and drizzle in the oil to make an emulsion. Add the garlic powder, lime zest, and salt, and pepper, to taste.<\/p>\n
To assemble the salad: In a medium salad bowl, mix the quinoa, lentils, green onions, and chopped cilantro. Top the salad with the dressing, toss to coat and serve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recipe courtesy Melissa d’Arabian Ingredients \u20221\/2 cup quinoa \u20221 1\/4 cups water, plus 2 cups \u20221\/2 cup lentils \u20221 teaspoon Dijon mustard \u20222 tablespoons red wine vinegar \u20221\/4 cup vegetable oil \u20221\/4 teaspoon garlic powder \u20221 lime, zested \u2022Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper \u20222 green onions, chopped \u20221 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro leaves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}