Quinoa And Corn Salad With Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 medium garlic clove minced or pressed
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil sea salt
• 1 1/2 cups quinoa thoroughly rinsed and drained (about 4 cups cooked)
• 2 ears corn kernels cut from cob
• 1 medium red pepper cored, seeded, and diced
• 1 large cucumber peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and diced
• 3 scallions thinly sliced
• 1 large jalapeno pepper seeded and diced
• 1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• sea salt
• 1 medium head red-leaf lettuce leaves separated, washed and dried, small inner leaves reserved for future use
• 2 ripe medium tomatoes cored and cut in thin wedges
• 1 ripe avocado pitted and thinly sliced
• 1 lime cut in wedges
• 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds toasted