Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Yields: 8 people

Ingredients:

• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 ¼ cups water or stock
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• ½ cup dried cherries
• 1 pound spinach leaves
• 1 cup garbanzo beans, cooked or canned
• juice and zest from 1 orange

Directions:

1. Rinse quinoa and toast in a dry pan for a few minutes, until it smells nutty.
2. Boil water and add salt and quinoa. Turn heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a skillet and sauté onions for 10 minutes on medium.
4. Add cherries, spinach, garbanzo beans and a pinch of salt. Cover and cook 3-5 minutes until spinach has wilted.
5. Mix quinoa together with the other ingredients in a large bowl.
6. Add orange juice and zest and stir gently.
7. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.