I really needed to post something light and healthy because I'm still feeling the effects of my fried food experience at our local fair. I tried to eat my way through the superabundance of crunchy grease, but had to throw in the towel.
![Quinoa salad with a Dijon mustard and tarragon dressing](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6711c2ae7de31e7eefb5a4e7_651e54c10e471d05c604d149_quinoa-chicken-041.avif)
I went with Quinn, who's five and a pure eating machine. We found a table and I started to explain what I had bought for lunch.
Fried chicken- check, fried frogs legs- check and deep fried Oreo's. This is where he looked at me like I was from another planet.
The kid who casually chews on frogs legs was completely bamboozled by the fried Oreo's! It could have been worse, I almost added the Krispy Kreme double cheeseburger and chocolate dipped pickle to our list. Save me!
Let's flip the culinary spectrum 180 degrees and make quinoa.
![A healthy quinoa salad packed with veggies and grilled chicken](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6711c2ae7de31e7eefb5a4f9_651e54c10e471d05c604d146_quinoa-chicken-01.avif)
And add green peppers, corn and fresh cilantro.
And beans.
And grilled chicken with chunks of juicy peaches and toss it all together in a Dijon mustard tarragon dressing and sell that at the fair.
![A healthy quinoa salad packed with veggies and grilled chicken](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6522e5126a63b8b3ab98a6d0_quinoa-chicken-02.avif)
Just kidding (about the selling part) though I wonder if anyone would buy it, deep-fried quinoa balls?
![A healthy quinoa salad packed with veggies and grilled chicken](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6711c2ae7de31e7eefb5a4f1_651e54c10e471d05c604d14f_quinoa-chicken-03.avif)
![Quinoa salad with a Dijon mustard and tarragon dressing](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6711c2ae7de31e7eefb5a4f5_651e54c10e471d05c604d14c_quinoa-chicken-05.avif)
![Quinoa salad with a Dijon mustard and tarragon dressing](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/650da880c415cb1e80784a45/6711c2ae7de31e7eefb5a4ed_651e54c00e471d05c604d13d_quinoa-chicken-06.avif)
A fresh and healthy quinoa salad with grilled chicken and dressed in a Dijon mustard dressing.