Quick Cook: A veggie quinoa salad for January’s healthy eating resolutions

At the start of a new year, I like to have lots of healthy options at the ready to get me back into the swing of my usual, non-holiday lifestyle. That means filling my fridge with soups, stews and — my favorite — grain-based salads for simply spooning into a bowl for a quick, satisfying meal that I don’t have to cook in the moment.

This quinoa salad is a good one, filled with colorful winter veggies like beets, squash, cauliflower and spinach and spiced with a complex, sweet-savory spice blend from Morocco called Ras el Hanout.