Ingredients

1/2 cup red quinoa

20 english pea pods

2 or 3 mint leaves

1/4 lemon

salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

  • cook red quinoa. i use my rice cooker on the white rice setting, with the usual 2:1 water:grain ratio
  • juice the lemon into a cup. mix in salt and pepper
  • shell peas
  • boil a quantity of water large enough that the peas won’t be crowded. add a little salt to this water
  • boil peas for 2-5 minutes (depending on how al dente you want them)
    • alternatively, you can steam them
  • strain peas
  • roll mint and chop into strips
  • toss quinoa, peas and mint in a bowl. add enough lemon juice to sparsely coat

I like to garnish this with thin lemon slices or mint leaves (if you buy fresh mint at the store you almost always wind up with an excess).