So I'm in a Book Club. Yes a Book Club. But I like to think of it as a Food, Wine & Other Booze Club where we also read books. I think most of my fellow members would agree.
Last night we were at our best and produced everything from fresh baked apple mint pie to salmon spring rolls to stuffed rosemary eggplant. The theme was fresh herbs, so I whipped together what you see above, a Mint Parsley Lemon Quinoa salad. I changed the recipe a bit from the original. I went a bit heavier on the quinoa* and instead of serving it with pita and greek yogurt, I eliminated the pita and found a way to incorporate the yogurt into the salad by making a light dressing with the following:
Plain Greek Yogurt
Lemon juice
Salt
Olive Oil
Simple as can be.
I tossed that with the quinoa, then added the herbs and tossed again before drizzling it all with a final touch of garlic herb olive oil. I'm not sure if everyone loved it as much as I did -- I'm a HUGE herb fan and fresh leafy herbs can be an acquired taste when not finely chopped -- but I didn't see any left over on the ladies' plates so I'll deem it a success.
* No matter what I do, whenever I see the work Quinoa, I always pronounce it in my head as quin-o-uh. I've tried to fight it but at this point I've accepted it's not going to change. Hey, at least it's a good way to remember the spelling.
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