Quinoa Salad
Quinoa Salad

Hello, I’m Kate. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare quinoa salad recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very simple recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I’m gonna make it a little bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.

Quinoa Salad Recipe

Quinoa Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Quinoa Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa salad using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Salad:

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

Instructions 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.

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