Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Quinoa Salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Quinoa Salad is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Learn how to make the best quinoa salad in this video. It features fluffy quinoa, fresh herbs, tomato and cucumber, and a simple lemon dressing. Quinoa and black beans are tossed in a refreshing lime-cilantro vinaigrette for a quick and protein-packed lunch or side dish.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have quinoa salad using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Salad:
- Get 2 cup cooked quinoa
- Prepare 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin
- Prepare 1/2 cup either - lemon juice or apple cider vinegar or white balsamic (the best flavor), or more depending on your taste
- Get 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- Get 1 tbsp fresh mint or dried
- Make ready 2 inch long fresh ginger, finely diced
- Prepare 1 carrot shredded & diced
- Get 1 red pepper finely diced
- Get 1 English cucumber scooped of seeds & finely diced
- Prepare 2 celery stalks (if small or 1 lg.) finely diced
- Make ready 1/2 purple onion finely diced
- Prepare 1 raisins as many as you like
- Take 1 dried cranberries as many as you like
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Steps to make Quinoa Salad:
- Cook quinoa as directed and allow to cool. While quinoa is cooling cut up all ingredients.
- In a REALLY large bowl add cooled quinoa; add oil, stir well, add vinegar, or lemon juice and stir to incorporate. Taste and adjust flavors as needed. You will do this a few times and at the very end as well. Add enough parsley and mint to your liking. I like more mint so I add more. It's absolutely ok to use dried but rub it in between the palms of your hand to release the oils. You will need about a tablespoon of each. By all means, use more if you like - I do! If you want to REALLY wow everyone, use white balsamic vinegar!
- Add ginger and stir. Taste for flavors. Ginger will be the heat to this dish. If you want more heat, add more.
- Add ALL the vegetables, raisins and cranberries. Stir really, really well. Taste and add more vinegar, or lemon, to adjust flavors for balance.
- Place in refrigerator to cool. Before serving taste and adjust if needed.
- This recipe is very, very versatile. Add more ingredients or change things up. It's all according to your taste.
Healthy side or main This healthy Greek Quinoa Salad featuring chickpeas, cucumber, olives, and fresh herbs is so full of flavor. I've been all about quinoa salad recipes lately. Quinoa is so easy to prepare, incredibly versatile, high in protein and fiber and can be served for just about any meal! Quinoa salads are also great for meal. I love a good quinoa salad.
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