Joy's Quinoa Tabbouleh

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By Joy Durham
@SylvanLady

Our family has Celiac Disease (gluten, lactose, egg intolerance), a soy allergy, and Diabetics.

Fortunately, our daughter earned both an M.D. and an N.D. (Dr. of Naturopathic Medicine).

Dr.Dr.Dtr. is a gourmet cook with two pre-teens, one of whom refuses to eat fruit or berries.

We have calibrated our approach to gourmet food to embrace food sensitivities and, yes, vegans.

We collaborate and concentrate on using nutrition to heal and prevent degenerative disease.

We are hilarious. Joy, SylvanLady

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Serves:

10 or more, w/gd leftovers

Prep:

30 Min

Cook:

1 Hr

Ingredients

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1 c: organic quinoa, buy it in bulk from bins at market
1 Tbsp: ground turmeric, more if desired
1 Tbsp: ground cumin, more if desired
2 medium: fresh cucumbers, sliced and diced
6 medium: italian roma (plum) tomatoes, diced; more if desired
3 medium: celery stalks, sliced and diced
1 bunch: fresh parsley, and fresh cilantro chopped fine
1 medium: white onion, chopped fine or grated
1 large: fresh lemon, juiced, w/ pulp
3 Tbsp: grape seed or olive oil
1 medium: red bell pepper, seeded, chopped (optional)
2 c: water, add slowly, so as not to mix quinoa and spices
2 medium: carrots, chopped or grated (optional)

How to Make Joy's Quinoa Tabbouleh

Step-by-Step

1Put 1/4 cup Quinoa in the bottom of the steamer pot. Add Cumin and Turmeric. Add rest of Quinoa. Put 2 cups water in gently, so as not to mix ingredients. If you mix them, the spices will rise to the top. You want them to infuse the Quinoa, so don't mix things together.
2Except for tomatoes, parsley and cilantro, the veggies will go nicely through a basic food processor very quickly. Grate or slice onion and/or carrot depending on how you prefer them. Do NOT use yellow onions for non-cooked dishes. Their flavor is too strong.
3Cool the quinoa by chopping it up in the large bowl (I use a plastic shrimp deveiner (!) to remove Quinoa from steamer and slice it up. Works. Anything will do. Do not add veggies until Quinoa is reasonably cool
4Be as lavish as you like with lemon. Add grape seed or olive oil judiciously until you get the texture you want
5If you have an herb garden, whole fresh oregano and thyme are a delightful, healthy addition to this dish. The BIG health items are the Turmeric and Cumin. This is a great way to introduce them into your diet. Save money: these costly spices can be purchased in Halal(Muslim/Mid-East) stores. I order them online, by the pound.