Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, quinoa citrus salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Rinse the quinoa in a strainer several times with cold water. Add the quinoa, cover and simmer until the grains. Level it up through this quick and easy tangy citrus quinoa salad!
Quinoa Citrus Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Quinoa Citrus Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa citrus salad using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Make ready 2 cup Red / White Quinoa
- Get 2 cup Water
- Prepare 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- Prepare 3 each Large Limes
- Prepare 2 each Large Lemon
- Get 1 bunch Curly Parsley
- Make ready 1 bunch Green Onions
- Get 1 each Yellow Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1 each Red Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1 each Orange Bell Pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup Fat Free Feta Cheese
- Make ready 4 oz Myzithra Cheese
- Make ready 1 Salt
In this case quinoa is the star (which it often is in my recipes.) Citrus is a star here too. So is my Lemon Honey Salad Dressing, which ties it all together. This time of year everyone is obsessed with ruby red (or blood. Nothing makes a salad better than a fresh herb vinaigrette, and this salad is no different.
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!
This summer quinoa salad is refreshing and filling, and it's loaded with antioxidants and protein, thanks to Village Harvest's Organic Benefit Blend varieties. It's a distinctive combination of healthful goodness with it black rice, black lentils and black quinoa. This citrus chicken quinoa salad is a wonderful, gluten free choice for your healthy eating this summer… or whenever you're looking to lighten-up lunch or dinner. Feel free to add a little more quinoa or even try serving this healthy salad over greens. 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.
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