When I mention the word “Quinoa“, I would assume that at least 99% of you would think “Salad“. Given how popular a “salad quinoa” relationship is, I unfortunately had no takers in my house (except me). The word Salad is a mnemonic to bland and/or cold and/or something that’s quite meager in the protein department in my Vegetarian household. Very few salads make through to the main table that doesn’t leave my husband nutritionally wanting yet speaks to his quirk of it being “not cold”.
I have tried 26 (yes, I kept count) Quinoa Salad recipes in the last 5 yrs. Only 3 of them came through and oh boy, were those hits! Its a beautiful sight for the mother in me to watch her toddler eat a Quinoa Salad with full gusto. This salad has Southwestern flavors and ingredients adding both volume, nutrition and color to this salad. This is one of those dishes that provides you equal (if not more) value for every calorie you consume. Its sad how we haggle and optimize everything in our life when it comes to money and materials but fail to do so with what we eat. Let this salad help to change your perspective. Rest assured, it most probably will 
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