Perfect Autumn Quinoa Salad

I was imporovising a gluten free side to dinner for a friend the other night and what I came up with turned out possibly more delicious than the dinner. 

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked quinoa
1/2 regular onion, diced
1 gala (or similar) apple, diced
handful of chopped green onion
1/2-1 cup nuts (I've tried hazelnuts and almonds in this salad)
handful of craisins
1/4 cup crumbled feta
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 large lemon
oil

Directions:

In a small pot, boil 1 3/4 cup water with 1 tsp salt then add quinoa, stir, cover with lid and reduce heat to low.  In 15 minutes lift lid, fluff quinoa and cool down to room temp.

In a pan, saute your diced half of an onion with a little salt and pepper and oil until translucent.  Let cool.

In a dry pan on the stove or on a cookie sheet in the oven, toast your nuts.

In a large salad bowl, add cooled quinoa and onion, chopped apple, chopped green onion, toasted nuts, crumbled feta, chopped parsley, handful of craisins and squeeze lemon over everything, add a drizzle of oil and toss.  Taste and add more salt/pepper to taste.