KEENoa salad

...ugh, I'm sorry about that title.

ANYWAY. Last night for dinner we made a delicious cold quinoa salad. Much like a pasta salad, you can pretty much put whatever is kinda bite-sized and tastes good cold in it.

So, got home from work and it was HOT so I threw a pot of red quinoa on the stove to cook and ignored it, then when it was done cooking, i took it off the heat and just left it on the stove to cool off. Quinoa keeps really well, and by the way, it is also a full protein so this is actually a full meal.

We put some pickled beets, since I am obsessed with them, and shredded 'em in the food processor (o Cuisinart, my Cuisinart)
Frozen peas & spinach, and before you say ew, just don't. We thawed that shit out, and mixed all the little bits in and it wasn't at all like a big slimy blob of spinach but like lovely little green confetti all throughout.
ANYWAY.
Also, I put some dried cherries in there, because - delicious! And, I had them in the cupboard.

I dressed it all with a light olive oil/balsamic vinegar combo and some rock salt, and viola! Dinner for all. Also, it came out a delightful bright red with green throughout - very holiday-licious if you ask me. If you're into themed/coloured foods but maybe not into red #40 (CANCER!!!)...

And breakfast for me.