Healthy Green Quinoa Salad
This is an easy salad to put together, but so nourishing and satisfying. I often prepare the grains and dressing on a Sunday, so this only takes 10 minutes to put together when I want a quick midweek lunch or dinner.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 1/2 cups water or vegetable stock
- 2 cups baby spinach chopped
- 2 lebanese cucumbers diced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes quartered
- 1 avocado diced into large pieces
- 3 spring onions finely sliced
- 1/2 cup almonds toasted & chopped
Dressing
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1 shallot small, chopped
- 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1/2 lemon juice squeezed
- 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar
- sea salt & cracked black pepper
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa under water in a fine sieve. In a medium saucepan, place the quinoa, water or stock and a pinch of salt. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat, strain the quinoa and let it sit. Fluff with a fork and let it cool down while you prep your other ingredients.
- For the dressing: Add all the ingredients, except the olive oil, to a food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Whisk the olive oil through at the end. Add more seasoning if you wish.
- To a large salad bowl, add the quinoa, spinach, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, avocado, spring onion and almonds. Drizzle over the dressing and gently combine.
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