Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, quinoa citrus salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Quinoa Citrus Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Quinoa Citrus Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Rinse the quinoa in a strainer several times with cold water. Add the quinoa, cover and simmer until the grains. This citrus chicken quinoa salad is a wonderful, gluten free choice for your healthy eating this summer… or whenever you're looking to lighten-up lunch or dinner.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have quinoa citrus salad using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Make ready 2 cup Red / White Quinoa
- Take 2 cup Water
- Get 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- Take 3 each Large Limes
- Prepare 2 each Large Lemon
- Get 1 bunch Curly Parsley
- Take 1 bunch Green Onions
- Make ready 1 each Yellow Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1 each Red Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1 each Orange Bell Pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup Fat Free Feta Cheese
- Prepare 4 oz Myzithra Cheese
- Make ready 1 Salt
This recipe calls for three cups of cooked quinoa, and that's because you have so many options for the actual cooking! Sometimes a salad has lettuce & sometimes it doesn't. In this case quinoa is the star (which it often is in my recipes.) Citrus is a star here too. So is my Lemon Honey Salad Dressing, which ties it all together.
Steps to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Start by soaking your Quinoa for about 15-30 minutes. Then rinse it thoroughly. At least 5-6 times to get all the particulate out. Get all your ingredients out so you can prep them while your quinoa cooks then cools.
- Add quinoa to water and bring to a boil. Be sure to cover. Once its boiling turn down to simmer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes until all water is gone. You want it to be firm not mushy (it should have a little pop when you bite into it.). Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool.
- De-vein and small dice the bell peppers. Mince parsley, and slice the green onions.
- Zest the lemon and limes then juice. This can be done on the still warm quinoa.
- Shred and crumble cheeses.
- Make sure quinoa is cool, put in a large bowl then add olive oil, peppers, onions, parsley, cheeses. Mix together with a fork so as not to damage (mash) the quinoa. Salt to taste. Be careful not to over salt. Myzithra is a salty cheese.
- Eat as it is. Make lettuce wraps. Get creative and enjoy!
This time of year everyone is obsessed with ruby red (or blood. Nothing makes a salad better than a fresh herb vinaigrette, and this salad is no different. This summer quinoa salad is refreshing and filling, and it's loaded with antioxidants and protein, thanks to Village Harvest's Organic Benefit Blend varieties. It's a distinctive combination of healthful goodness with it black rice, black lentils and black quinoa. Rinse quinoa according to package directions.
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