Challenge #36 - Quinoa salad

I wanted to make something simple that would give me a few meals for lunch during the week... Quinoa salad.  Also, since 1 cup quinoa  uncooked is 3 times the amount cooked, this is great if you are on a tight budget.
Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked quinoa pre-washed ( I used red, but the black or white would be fine too)
1 cup veggie broth (yeast free)
1 cup water
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 scallion
1 box frozen artichokes (can use jarred or canned)
1/2 lemon
Sea Salt

Step #1: Add one cup of quinoa to 1 cup veggie broth, 1 cup water and bring to a boil.  Once liquid is boiling, bring to simmer until quinoa is tender.  If you have never made quinoa before, the grain opens and you see the germ ringlet when it is cooked.  See photo below.  1 cup uncook ed yields about 3 cups cooked.

Uncooked red quinoa

Quinoa coking, almost done

Close up quinoa cooked, you can see the ringlets

Step #2: Dice veggies and throw in bowl while quinoa is cooking.

Veggies diced up

Step #3: Cook frozen artichoke according to package (this is what I had, canned or jarred is fine)

Artichoke cooking

Step #4: When quinoa cools, add to veggies along with artichoke hearts.  Add lemon and salt to taste.  Mix and enjoy!  You can really add any combination of veggies you wish.

Quinoa Salad