Sunday, June 3, 2012

Greek-inspired quinoa salad

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Lately, I've been getting a little too acquainted with the rice cooker if you get what I mean. So to mix things up, recently I decided to finally dig into this 4lb bag of quinoa we got at Costco ages ago. It has literally been with us for two years! I was inspired by Chef Michael Symon's Grilled Shrimp with Barley Salad and did a Greek-inspired spin using the quinoa and whatever veggies I had laying around. 

2 cups uncooked quinoa
Extra virgin olive oil  
1 lb raw shrimp  
1 cup diced eggplant 
Salt and pepper, to taste  
1 cup diced seedless cucumber  
Chopped green onions  
Goat cheese  

:: Cook the quinoa according to package instructions. Pro tip: use chicken broth for extra flavor!  
:: Grill the raw shrimp on a grill pan.  
:: Sautee the eggplant in extra virgin olive oil, season with salt and pepper. 
:: Toss the cooked quinoa with shrimp, eggplant, cucumber, green onions, and season with more salt and pepper.  
:: Crumble in the goat cheese.

Voila! Easy-peasy.

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