Healthy Recipe: Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe - Marla Meridith

Ingredients

• 1 cup quinoa, rinsed and cooked to package directions
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• 1 large English hothouse cucumber or 2 Persian cucumbers, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1 orange, yellow or red bell pepper, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
• ½ chopped red onion
• 1 pt cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 6 oz crumbled feta cheese
• 1 (15 ounce can) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• ⅔ cup chopped Italian parsley
• ½ cup chopped fresh mint
• salt and pepper to taste