Quinoa Salad
Quinoa Salad

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, quinoa salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Quinoa is a grain that has almost no flavor, but the spices add zest. Quinoa is such a fantastic salad base—it's full of protein, it adds a nutty flavor, and it's the perfect vehicle to soak up any kind of dressing. If you like a little more heat, add more cayenne or curry to the dressing. —Shannon Dobos, Calgary, Alberta When dry, transfer the quinoa to a large bowl. Add the cucumbers, onion, tomato, parsley, mint, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt, and pepper and toss well.

Quinoa Salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Quinoa Salad is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. 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:
  1. Get 2 cup cooked quinoa
  2. Take 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin
  3. Get 1/2 cup either - lemon juice or apple cider vinegar or white balsamic (the best flavor), or more depending on your taste
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
  5. Make ready 1 tbsp fresh mint or dried
  6. Make ready 2 inch long fresh ginger, finely diced
  7. Get 1 carrot shredded & diced
  8. Get 1 red pepper finely diced
  9. Take 1 English cucumber scooped of seeds & finely diced
  10. Prepare 2 celery stalks (if small or 1 lg.) finely diced
  11. Make ready 1/2 purple onion finely diced
  12. Make ready 1 raisins as many as you like
  13. Make ready 1 dried cranberries as many as you like

In a small bowl, whisk the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, mustard, honey (or maple syrup), salt, and pepper until blended. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well. This quinoa salad is refreshing, crisp and delicious. It's made simply with fresh cucumber, red bell pepper, red onion, chickpeas, fresh parsley and a garlicky olive oil and lemon dressing.

Steps to make Quinoa Salad:
  1. Cook quinoa as directed and allow to cool. While quinoa is cooling cut up all ingredients.
  2. 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!
  3. Add ginger and stir. Taste for flavors. Ginger will be the heat to this dish. If you want more heat, add more.
  4. Add ALL the vegetables, raisins and cranberries. Stir really, really well. Taste and add more vinegar, or lemon, to adjust flavors for balance.
  5. Place in refrigerator to cool. Before serving taste and adjust if needed.
  6. This recipe is very, very versatile. Add more ingredients or change things up. It's all according to your taste.

This quinoa salad is refreshing, crisp and delicious. It's made simply with fresh cucumber, red bell pepper, red onion, chickpeas, fresh parsley and a garlicky olive oil and lemon dressing. The salad sort of reminds me of tabouleh, an herbed Lebanese salad with tomatoes and bulgur. The Best Quinoa Salad Quinoa and Winter Fruit Salad This fast and healthy quinoa salad is both sweet and savory, showcasing winter fruits like pear and kumquat alongside cucumber, watercress and cilantro. Rinse the quinoa in a strainer until the water runs clear.

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