Quick Quinoa Salad

Quick quinoa salad. This healthy and delicious salad is perfect as a packed lunch or time saving dinner. It's so easy to make and packed with flavour!

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine International

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Servings

Calories 288kcal

Author Neil

Equipment

Ingredients

180 g uncooked quinoa
450 ml vegetable stock
200 g cucumber diced.
1 medium red pepper deseeded and diced.
½ red onion finely diced.
1 tablespoon freshly chopped flat leaf parsley.
3 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
3 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Freshly ground salt and pepper to taste

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Rinse the quinoa in cold water using a sieve. Then place the quinoa in a saucepan with the vegetable stock. Cook, simmering for about 15 minutes until soft then drain and allow it to cool.
While the quinoa is cooking in a large bowl mix the cucumber, red pepper, red onion, and flat leaf parsley together. In a smaller glass Pyrex bowl whisk the olive oil, red wine vinegar and lemon juice together well. Season to taste with the salt and pepper.
Once the quinoa has cooled add it to the large bowl with the diced salad, pour the dressing on top and mix thoroughly. Check again for seasoning.
The salad is ready to eat once combined well, but I prefer to refrigerate it overnight to allow the dressing to marinate through.

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