Quinoa with Corn and Green Onions

For those that don't know what PINTEREST is you should consider yourself a lucky fool. Lucky cause you aren't wasting hours on end like the rest of us pinning things to boards (you'll get what I mean soon). Or a fool because it's a great site to get ideas and inspiration. As I stole the corn and green onion quinoa salad recipe right from someones food board.

The combination of the corn, green onion, and the lemon butter dressing totally brings it all together. We've been eating a lot of quinoa lately and I have to say this is by far my favorite combination for a side dish. This will now be my "go to" salad when people come over as it's easy to make and you can make it ahead of time!

Quinoa with Corn and Green Onion


Ingredients:
- 4 ears of corn, shucked
- 1 tablespoon of grated fresh lemon zest
- 2 table of fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup of melted unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
- 2 cups of uncooked quinoa
- 4 green onions, chopped


Directions:
1. Cook quinoa. 2 cups of uncooked quinoa to 4 cups of water. (Rinse before hand). Place into large pot and bring to a boil. After it reaches a boil, cover, and bring temp to a simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and let it sit for 5 more minutes.
2. Place corn in a glass microwaveable safe dish and cover with saran wrap and cook for 3:33 minutes.
3. Once the corn is cool, cut the kernels off the cob.
4. Cut up green onions
5. Prepare the dressing. Whisk together lemon zest, lemon juice, melted butter, honey, salt and pepper in large bowl.
6. Toss quinoa, corn, green onion, and dressing together and serve. Enjoy!