Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, my famous quinoa salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Three reasons to love this recipe: This quinoa salad recipe is also very easy to toss together, especially if you use leftover quinoa (see recipe note). The recipe uses my preferred quinoa cooking method, which yields fluffy quinoa every time. This salad packs great for lunch, picnics, road trips and plane rides.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook my famous quinoa salad using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make My Famous Quinoa Salad:
- Make ready 1 cup Quinoa
- Get 2 Cucumber
- Take 10 or more Cherry tomatoes
- Take 1 bunch Finely chopped parsley
- Get 3 generous pinches Your choice of unsalted nuts (I used sunflower seeds and sliced almonds)
- Get 3 generous pinches Dried cranberries
- Take 1 Feta cheese (optional)
- Prepare 4 tbsp Olive oil
- Get 1/2 lime Lime juice (or lemon)
- Take 1 Salt and pepper
My friend made it for a playgroup party last month and I've been making it on repeat ever since. It's the best quinoa salad I've ever had! The combination of flavors and textures is spot on! It has toasted pine nuts, sweet corn, parmesan and lots of finely chopped greens.
Instructions to make My Famous Quinoa Salad:
- Put 1 part quinoa to 1 part water in a sauce pan with a pinch of salt (not listed) and bring to a boil. Reduce to low heat and simmer until the water boils off.
- When the quinoa grains open up, fluff with a fork and cool.
- While the quinoa is cooling, cube the cucumber, quarter or halve the tomatoes, and mince the parsley. Combine in a bowl with the cranberries.
- Lightly roast the nuts, cool, then add to the bowl from Step 3.
- Add the quinoa to the bowl from Step 3, then crumble in the feta cheese. Sprinkle in the lime juice and olive oil, mix, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
My daughter's college asked parents for the best quinoa recipes to use in the dining halls. This healthy quinoa recipe fits the bill. —Lindsay McSweeney, Winchester, Massachusetts. My youngest daughter recently learned she has to avoid gluten, dairy and eggs, which gave me a new. Make the Salad: while the quinoa is cooking & cools off, prep the salad ingredients. Toss until well combined, then top with roasted cashews.
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