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Warm Quinoa Salad Recipe
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Omshivs / All my dishes 1 year, 2 months ago
This salad recipe is a complete vegetarian meal high in protein. The quinoa is a very nutritious grain of the ancient civilization of the Incas, and can be found in your health food store.Great stuff!!
Prep:30m Cook:15m Servings:4
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Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa, rinsed
- 2 cups water or stock
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
- ¼ cup chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
- 1 tomato, seeds and excess pulp removed and chopped
- 1 can adzuki beans, rinsed well
- 4 TBS lemon juice
- 3 TBS olive oil
- 3 cups shredded romaine lettuce
- 1 avocado cubed
- 1 TBS chopped pumpkin seeds
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Combine rinsed quinoa, water, onion, garlic, and a little salt in medium saucepan and turn heat to high. Bring to a boil, cover, lower the heat to low, and simmer gently for about 15 minutes. Fluff with fork and transfer to a bowl. Add chopped herbs, tomato, rinsed adzuki beans, 2 TBS lemon juice, 1 TBS olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Toss romaine and avocado in rest of lemon juice and 2 TBS olive oil. Season with salt and cracked black pepper. Serve quinoa on bed of salad greens. Sprinkle with chopped pumpkin seeds.
- ENJOY!! :)
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softgrey 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Oh yum...i keep wanting to use quinoa but haven't figured out yet anything...
this is perfect...
thanks a lot!...
so excited!!!
x-softie
sheba 1 year, 2 months ago said:
I'm always on the lookout for quinoa recipes. This recipe is a great post.
lynny 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This sounds awesome! I always like to try new taste combinations.
auntietheresa22 11 months ago said:
Looks very intersting!
invisiblechef 7 months ago said:
Yea! thanks so much, Quinoa is something I'm bringing into our diets here at home. So this is great to find.
Marie
httpmom 4 months, 1 week ago said:
Just started cooking Quinoa when they started selling it at Trader Joe's. It has a wonderful nutty flavor we all love.
waterlily 3 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Sounds wonderful! I'll be making this one this week!