Fruity Quinoa Salad - Oryana

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups quinoa
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup dried fruit (cranberries, raisins, diced apricot)
• 1 cup seeds or nuts such as slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, walnuts, pine nuts, pecans, etc. or a combination thereof
• ¼ cup chopped fresh herbs (basil, parsley, cilantro or mint)
• juice of 1 lemon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• 4 tablespoons olive oil