Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, quinoa salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Quinoa with various veggies and a zesty (and easy) vinaigrette that makes a wonderful salad dressing for any salad. This vibrant salad from The Hungry Waitress is the kind that improves with time, as the black beans, kale, tomatoes and dried cranberries all meld together with the quinoa and lemony dressing. Add the quinoa, stir once, and return to a boil.
Quinoa salad is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Quinoa salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have quinoa salad using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa salad:
- Make ready 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
- Take 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Prepare As required Olive oil
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 3/4 cups water
- Get 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- Take 1/2 cup fresh mint, chopped
- Take 1 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Take 1 tbsp chopped garlic
This colorful quinoa salad holds up well in the fridge all week long, is perfectly packable, and has enough protein and other good things to keep you satisfied. It also doesn't really take a whole lot of time to assemble, so now I really don't have any excuse not to make it before the week gets underway. This quinoa salad recipe is the best! Everyone loves this healthy quinoa salad made with quinoa, chickpeas, red bell pepper, cucumber, parsley and lemon.
Steps to make Quinoa salad:
- Bring quinoa, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat.
- Remove from heat and let stand, cover for 5 minutes. Prick with a fork.
- Meanwhile, whisk lemon juice and garlic in a small bowl. Gradually whisk in olive oil. Season dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
- Let the quinoa cool, then add tomatoes, herbs and dressings.
- If you have time, cover and let the salad chill in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight
It's vegan and gluten free, too! Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values. This quinoa salad is best the day it is made, but I think the leftovers are good the next day too. The lemon in the dressing will keep the avocado from browning.
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