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Quinoa Salad Recipe
Recipe Categories: Vegetarian, Side Dish, Salad
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This salad is a great alternative to your traditional leafy green salad. The quinoa serves as a great base for a flavorful vinaigrette and protein filled garbanzo beans. Ingredients 2 cups cooked red quinoa 1 16oz can garbanzo beans (drained) 1/2 cup sliced white onions 6-8 mint leaves 3 tbs olive oil 3 tbs lemon juice 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper Directions Cook quinoa as you would rice or according to box directions and let cool. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Serve with chicken, fish or steak. This salad is full of protein and fiber and is very healthy. This salad can be stored in a container and served the next day as well and will still taste good.

Quinoa Salad Recipe

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Yield: 4
Level: Easy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked red quinoa
  • 1 16oz can garbanzo beans (drained)
  • 1/2 cup sliced white onions
  • 6-8 mint leaves
  • 3 tbs olive oil
  • 3 tbs lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions

Cook quinoa as you would rice or according to box directions and let cool. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Serve with chicken, fish or steak. This salad is full of protein and fiber and is very healthy. This salad can be stored in a container and served the next day as well and will still taste good.
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked red quinoa
  • 1 16oz can garbanzo beans (drained)
  • 1/2 cup sliced white onions
  • 6-8 mint leaves
  • 3 tbs olive oil
  • 3 tbs lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Directions

Cook quinoa as you would rice or according to box directions and let cool. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Serve with chicken, fish or steak. This salad is full of protein and fiber and is very healthy. This salad can be stored in a container and served the next day as well and will still taste good.


This salad is a great alternative to your traditional leafy green salad. The quinoa serves as a great base for a flavorful vinaigrette and protein filled garbanzo beans.
@aztexx23 wonderful, glad you liked it, check out my site for other recipes :)
By: dedemed
just made this, happened to have all the ingrediants, so delicious, thank you
By: aztexx23
@locky8811 thanks, i love this recipe, it's so easy, healthy and fast :) 
By: dedemed
very easy very tasty very good dede thanks
By: locky8811
@dedemed thanks hun :)
By: saharabeauty1
@yousafmalik2009 Merci :)
By: dedemed
@YTfancol yes, it's very light and very healthy :)
By: dedemed
@ilikethewok you are so welcome, just trying to make salads a bit healthier :)
By: dedemed
@archimmes great idea!
By: dedemed
@Rourba it is super healthy, try healthy food stores, they always have it :)
By: dedemed
@starlighttoheaven it's so easy and tastes great :)
By: dedemed
@VivianRinSC awesome, great idea in replacing the bulgar :)
By: dedemed
@saharabeauty1 I'm not sure what it is called in Arabic but it is very similar bulgar wheat, if you can't find quinoa then just use bulgar.
By: dedemed
@schnotzarella Oh i have another salad coming out next week made with barley and roasted vegetables, you will love it! stay tuned :)
By: dedemed
Wonderful idea and very inspiring! I love these cold summer dishes with beans and grains. I like to make rice salad with kale (ground up in the food processor), garlic and feta with a lemon dressing like you make. Next time I will use Quinoa! Perhaps amaranth could be used?
By: schnotzarella
is Quinoa in arabic or English if in arabic whats called in English???thanks :)
By: saharabeauty1
very kooooool recipe........i also make quinoa salad but urs one is more delicious......
By: MJibraan
Wonderful idea. Great for the summer, too :-) Thanks.
By: YTfancol
excellent reciepies
By: yousafmalik2009
Really good recipe. I would recommend preparing quinoa in a rice cooker, 1:2 ratio with some salt and 1ts of evoo, works great for me everytime. Also, I'd add either balsamic vinegar, or better yet if you're at trader joe's, a white balsamic vinegar that they have, just 1 tbs of it to the mix. I find that it really kicks up the flavor of the dish for me.
By: archimmes
Looks very flavorful!! Thx for this recipe.
By: ilikethewok
Quinoa is great, first time heard about it. thanks trying to look for it. Merci.
By: Rourba
I recently used quinoa for the first time in tabbouleh. I really liked it. This looks great! It can be used in so many ways. I'm growing lambs quarter which I think is the plant we get quinoa from. :)
By: VivianRinSC
I've always wondered what to do with Quinoa, now i know! Thank you
By: starlighttoheaven
Love it -- thumbs up
By: fezan84

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