Seriously Amazing Quinoa Salad
This Seriously Amazing Quinoa salad is aptly named and absolutely mouthwateringly brilliant for summer. It literally tastes like a "bowl full of summer". It's packed with sweet and juicy pomegranates, ripe and creamy avocados and topped with crunchy almond slices. It's irresistibly good!
Ingredients
Base Ingredients
- 1 cup Quinoa Uncooked
- 2 cups Vegetable Broth
- 2 cloves Garlic Minced
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp Curry
- Pinch of Dried Chili
Ingredients
- 3 Pomegranates
- 3 Avocados
- 1 cup Fresh Peas
- 2 cups Fresh Spinach Leaves
- ½ cup Almond Slices
- 1 handful Fresh Parsley Coarsely Chopped
- ½ Lemon - juice from
Dressing
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
- ¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- ½ Lemon - juice from
- 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
- 1 tsp Maple Syrup
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa and shake it dry from excess liquid. Add the Quinoa to a large saucepan and cover with vegetable broth. Season with the base ingredients and stir everything together. Let it cook at medium-high heat until it boils. Reduce to a simmer and let the quinoa cook until the liquid is absorbed (should be 10 - 15 minutes). Move the saucepan off the heat and cover with a lid. Leave it for 5 more minutes, before setting it aside to cool. Cut the pomegranates in half and break out the pomegranate seeds. Remove the pit from the avocados and cut the into cubes before drizzling them with lemon juice. Mix all the ingredients for the dressing together and mix it in the quinoa. Add pomegranates, avocados, fresh spinach and almond slices. Decorate with chopped herbs and serve.
