Black-Bean and Tomato Quinoa Recipe

Hi guys! I promised Kim I'd start posting recipes, so this is one that I love! My friend makes it all the time and I asked her for the recipe. For those of you that don't know what quinoa is (I didn't until I moved here and started eating all these weird foods), it's a type of grain. It looks a lot like big couscous. I'm not sure if you can buy it in the regular grocery store, I buy it at a Trader Joe's here, but it'll be kind of with the rice. Anyway here goes:

2 teaspoons grated lime zest (I didn't put this in, just put in a little more lime juice to taste)
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (doesn't really have to be fresh, I use the bottled stuff all the time)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled (I substituted more olive oil here, better for you and just as good, you probably don't need this much anyway)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup quinoa , uncooked
1 (14- to 15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
2 medium tomatoes, diced (I used canned, not quite as good, but sometimes you go with what you got)
4 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Whisk together lime zest and juice, butter, oil, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4teaspoon pepper in a large bowl.

Cook quinoa according to directions. It's pretty much the same as rice, 2 C water to 1 C. quinoa, salt the water if you want. Bring to a boil together and then simmer until all the water's gone. Let the quinoa stand for about 5 min. Add quinoa to dressing and toss until dressing is absorbed, then stir in remaining ingredients and salt and pepper (and lime juice) to taste. Bon Appetit!