Kale Salad with Tahini Dressing Recipe

• ¾ cupdry quinoa
• 2 buncheskale — de-stemmed, chopped
• 1 cupdiced cucumber
• 1 ptsliced cherry tomatoes
• ½ cuproasted almonds
• ½ cupfeta — crumbled, or goat cheese
• 1avocado — cubed
• —Optional add-ins: 1 cup corn, handful of fresh chopped dill or basil

For the sun dried tomato tahini dressing

• ⅓ cupsun-dried tomatoes
• 3 tbsptahini
• 2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
• 3 tbspred wine vinegar
• ¾ cupwater
• 1 tbsphoney — or maple syrup
• ½ tspgarlic powder
• 1 tspfine sea salt + freshly ground black pepper