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Red Quinoa Salad
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Red Quinoa Salad

A fresh, refreshing red quinoa salad with crunchy vegetables, parsley and a lemon-olive oil dressing — healthy and filling

⏱ 30 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Salad Dressing

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice, salt and black pepper until smooth.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    Rinse the quinoa well in a fine sieve.
    Colander
  2. 3
    Put the quinoa and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes, until the water is absorbed.
    ⚙ SimmeringStovePotLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  3. 4
    Remove from the heat and leave the pot covered 10 minutes.
  4. 5
    Fluff the grains with a fork and let cool completely.
  5. 6
    In a large bowl, mix the quinoa with the tomatoes, cucumber, red pepper, red onion and parsley.
    Bowl
  6. 7
    Pour the dressing over the salad and toss well.
  7. 8
    Chill 15 minutes before serving.
    Refrigerator
312calories
9 gprotein
34 gcarbs
14 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 47%● fat 42%

Per serving (246 g), of 4 servings

For the Salad Dressing · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)

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🧩 Built from…

Dressing → Grain salad

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