Lemon-Scented Quinoa Salad

I have been looking for quinoa recipes and the Lemon-Scented Quinoa sounded really appealing to me. I made my own chickpeas (and way too many of them... ugh my freezer is crying) and I thought it was going to be great.

OK - disaster. Seriously, actually inedible (by my standards - Ken ate it though, not sure how...) and I can't really pinpoint it. It had this horrible bitter taste which unfortunately could have been so many things - the natural coating of the quinoa (though I did rinse it) or the red onion or what. No idea. Sadly, I don't even want to try it again.

It did look nice, though.