Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa citrus salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Position a rack in top third of oven and preheat broiler to high. Spread cooked quinoa on a rimmed baking sheet. Pour in about half of the cilantro lime vinaigrette and gently toss. A nutritious, fresh, and flavorful Citrus Quinoa Salad with clementine oranges, roasted pistachios, creamy avocado, and goat (or feta) cheese.
Quinoa Citrus Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Quinoa Citrus Salad is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have quinoa citrus salad using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Make ready 2 cup Red / White Quinoa
- Get 2 cup Water
- Get 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 3 each Large Limes
- Take 2 each Large Lemon
- Get 1 bunch Curly Parsley
- Get 1 bunch Green Onions
- Get 1 each Yellow Bell Pepper
- Get 1 each Red Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1 each Orange Bell Pepper
- Get 1/2 cup Fat Free Feta Cheese
- Take 4 oz Myzithra Cheese
- Take 1 Salt
Season with sea salt and pepper to taste. Quinoa salad with cranberries and avocado is perfect tossed with sweet-tart citrus vinaigrette. Y'all, I am addicted to this flavor-packed quinoa salad! Sweet dried cranberries and creamy avocado are perfect paired with earthy quinoa.
Instructions to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Start by soaking your Quinoa for about 15-30 minutes. Then rinse it thoroughly. At least 5-6 times to get all the particulate out. Get all your ingredients out so you can prep them while your quinoa cooks then cools.
- Add quinoa to water and bring to a boil. Be sure to cover. Once its boiling turn down to simmer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes until all water is gone. You want it to be firm not mushy (it should have a little pop when you bite into it.). Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool.
- De-vein and small dice the bell peppers. Mince parsley, and slice the green onions.
- Zest the lemon and limes then juice. This can be done on the still warm quinoa.
- Shred and crumble cheeses.
- Make sure quinoa is cool, put in a large bowl then add olive oil, peppers, onions, parsley, cheeses. Mix together with a fork so as not to damage (mash) the quinoa. Salt to taste. Be careful not to over salt. Myzithra is a salty cheese.
- Eat as it is. Make lettuce wraps. Get creative and enjoy!
Y'all, I am addicted to this flavor-packed quinoa salad! Sweet dried cranberries and creamy avocado are perfect paired with earthy quinoa. And the citrus vinaigrette is the perfect punch to tie it all together. Remove from stove and let cool while you prepare the rest of the salad. Assemble the salad: Toss the kale with all of the still-warm quinoa and the caramelized onions.
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