Besides this great recipe for Quinoa Herb Salad from Stacey’s Paleo Kitchen, I was thrilled to see her nice words about me and Celiac Handbook. I’m always a sucker for praise and sure enough, her post left me smiling. As for the recipe, you’ve heard me say quite a few great things about quinoa, the best part of it is that it’s not a grain, it’s a seed — this makes all the difference in the world to me and it goes with just about everything. I’ve quinoa used as a substitute for pasta, for rice, and every possible variation of dishes using both pasta and rice. Did I say that I liked it?

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“I was very honoured to be posted on Chris Armstrong’s Celiac Handbook website. This website is a great resource for anyone who has celiac disease or follow’s a gluten free diet. I am very delighted that the word is getting out on the health benefits of living gluten free. The website is a fantastic resource full of information on everything from guides to gluten free restaurants to living with celiac disease and I encourage you to check it out.

I thought I would share this light and refreshing quinoa salad recipe with you that I have been making so much of with all the fresh herbs I have in my garden. I love this salad as a side with grilled fish or chicken. It’s a very versatile recipe and I change it up depending on what herbs I have. The best combination I think is mint, basil, cilantro but you can experiment and use parsley as well. This salad is very similar to tabouli but not as intense with all the parsley used in tabouli…

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