How To Make Healthy Quinoa And Vegetable Salad
Clean and healthy cooking has never been easier, with nutrition expert Sam Talbot's new cookbook. Ditch anything artificial or processed and get ready to start from scratch. This quinoa and vegetable salad is the gold standard of lunchtime fortification.
Fresh, crunchy, and earthy — this is a colorful salad that can be served on its own or with grilled shrimp or chicken. The red quinoa lends pretty color, but regular quinoa also works here.
How To Make Healthy Quinoa And Vegetable Salad
Prep Time
25
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
Servings
4
Total time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup uncooked red quinoa
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 4 cups firmly packed baby arugula
- 1 cup grated peeled carrots
- 1 cup grated peeled parsnips
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced English cucumber
- 1/4 cup dried goji berries
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon raw honey
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
Directions
- Bring 1 1/2 cups water and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt to a boil in a medium saucepan over high. Stir in the quinoa, and reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until done, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork, and stir in the zest, juice, and 1 teaspoon of the oil. Set aside.
- Toss together the arugula, carrots, parsnips, celery, cucumber, goji berries, and raisins in a large bowl. Whisk together the vinegar, mustard, honey, pepper, remaining 1/4 cup oil, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small bowl. Drizzle the vinegar mixture over the arugula mixture in the large bowl; toss to coat.
- Place about 2 1/2 cups of the salad into each of 4 bowls; top with about 2/3 cup of the quinoa mixture. Sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons almonds.