Quinoa Orange Salad

When I hear the word Quinoa all I can think of is the Bud Light Commercial (click the link to see it) with the guy who pronounces it Queeno and talks about how terrible it is... haha.  How many times have you heard it pronounced differently?  Well I found a fabulous quinoa salad recipe by Damn Delicious and you have to try it! I served it warm for dinner last evening then had it cold today... boy was it delicious!! A great power punch of protein!!

Ingredients:

1 cup of quinoa (rinsed and drained)
2 oranges
1 red pepper- diced
1 jalapeno- diced
1 can of black beans- drained and rinsed
1/2 can of corn- drained
1/3 cup red onion-chopped
2 TBS of fresh parsley--- the original recipe called for Cilantro-- I hate cilantro so I used parsley!

Dressing
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup of fresh orange juice
zest of 1 orange
1 TBS of sugar

Directions:
Cook quinoa according to the directions on the bag.  Mix together dressing using the juice and zest from one orange saving the other for the salad.  Set dressing aside to allow the flavors to mix.  Cut up veggies, cans of beans and corn and combine with quinoa.  Pour dressing and stir.  Enjoy now or save for later-- Even better the next day once the flavors really mix in.