Quinoa is so simple to prepare and with a few additional ingredients, you can impress your family or guests with a nutritious salad that can be used as a side dish or even an appetizer. It is pleasing to the eyes and mouth as it is both colorful and tasty with a mixture of textures. Roasted peppers add a lot of flavor to the salad as roasting brings out the sweetness of the peppers. The edamame add an extra dimension to the salad in both their flavor, crunch and nutrient content.

The Magic of Quinoa By Charna Sheinfeld, Nutrition Intern Most people have heard and probably tasted Quinoa by now. It was only a few years ago that quinoa was an item only found in specialty health food stores, reserved for those “health nuts” among us to enjoy. So what is so special about this pseudo…