Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa salad. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Quinoa salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Quinoa salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa salad using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa salad:
- Prepare 1 cup quinoa
- Prepare 2 cups water
- Prepare 1/2 cup red bell pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper
- Make ready 1/2 yellow zucchini
- Prepare 1/2 green zucchini
- Take 1 cup iceberg/ lettuce
- Make ready 1 lemon
- Prepare 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp olive oil
- Take as required Parsley
- Get 1 pinch sugar
- Take as per taste Rock salt
Add the quinoa, stir once, and return to a boil. Strain and rinse well with cold water, shaking the sieve well to remove all moisture. I had no problem with the amount of lime juice, oil, or salt, but then I doubled the recipe, used a can of black beans and a can of garbanzo beans, used fresh tomatoes vs. canned, and added cucumbers, fresh minced garlic, and a little honey. I would caution folks to cook the quinoa al dente lest the salad becomes mushy.
Steps to make Quinoa salad:
- Wash quinoa. Boil water add quinoa and cook for 15 mins. Add salt.
- Remove from heat and let it cool for 5 mins.
- Whisk lemon juice, olive oil, black pepper and sugar.
- Let the quinoa cool down. Add quinoa, zucchini, lettuce, parsley and bell pepper to the season dressing.
- Cover the salad and let the salad chill in the refrigerator for an hour.
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. Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA database to calculate approximate values. This quinoa salad recipe is the best!
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