3 Delicious Quinoa Salads

Delicious, crunchy, green, healthy: that’s how salads are. And if you add the delicious, nourishing touch of quinoa, even better. A salad is always a low-calorie option that you can enjoy at all times. Due to their high nutritional content, quinoa salads are highly recommended when you want to eat healthy and light.

So that you can vary your meals, we will present 3 salads with quinoa so you can enjoy them alone or accompanied by your favorite dish. As they are salads, they are all very easy to prepare and will not take a long time, which is ideal if you need to eat quickly.

3 salads with quinoa worth trying

1. Salad with quinoa and vegetables

Ingredients

• 2 cups of quinoa (200 g).

• 1 pot of crooked peas (250 g).
• 1/2 cup of sliced ​​almonds (50 g).
• 3 cups of mineral water (300 ml).
• 1/2 cup of finely sliced ​​chives (50 g).
• 1/4 cup of olive oil (25 g).
• Red cabbage (to taste).
• 2 grated carrots (20 g).
• 1 red bell pepper cut into long, thin strips (30 g).
• Salt and pepper to taste).

Preparation

1. Soak the quinoa at least 2 or 3 times in water.
2. Put the water and salt to taste in a pot to boil and add the quinoa. When it starts to boil again, reduce the heat and keep covered for 10 to 12 minutes.
3. When the quinoa seeds are done, they will look translucent and have a white “tail”. Drain and let it sit for 10 minutes.
4. Prepare the steamed peas and then drain them.
5. Drain the quinoa with a fork.
6. When everything is cool, in a bowl, mix all the remaining ingredients, along with salt and pepper, vinegar and oil.

2. Salad with quinoa and broccoli

In fact, we ‘ve  included not only broccoli here, but other very nutritious ingredients as well. You can take this salad to work as a full lunch.

Ingredients

• Salt (to taste).
• 1 cucumber (40 g).
• 1 lemon (30 g)
• 1 tomato (30 g).
• 3 cloves of garlic (3 g).
• 1/4 white onion (5 g).
• 2 cups of water (400 ml).
• 1 cup of quinoa (200 g).
• 1 cup of broccoli (100 g).
• 1 yellow pepper (30 g).
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper (2.5 g).

Preparation

1. Wash the quinoa by placing it in a sieve over the water jet.  Allow the water to drain.
2. Place the quinoa in a pan with the two cups of water, 1/4 the onion, a clove of garlic and a teaspoon of salt.
3. Boil this mixture. When boiling starts, lower the heat and cook for about 15 minutes or until the water is absorbed.
4. Cut the broccoli into small pieces and soak them in boiling water for 1 minute. Let them drain and set aside for later.
5. Peel and chop the cucumber into small cubes. Do the same with the peppers and tomatoes.
6. To prepare the sauce, in a bowl, mix the oil with the juice of one lemon, two cloves of garlic, half a teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper. Stir until you can integrate them well.
7. When the quinoa is cool, mix it in a bowl with the broccoli, bell pepper, cucumber and tomato.
8. Add the vinaigrette and place in the fridge.

3. Salad with quinoa and corn

In addition to the sweet corn, we’ll add other ingredients, but that won’t make it difficult to prepare. On the contrary, this salad is the easiest of all, so we encourage you to try it. In just 10 minutes you will enjoy this nutritious quinoa salad.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of quinoa (100 g).
• 1/4 cup of corn (50g).
• 12 black olives (5 g).
• 12 cherry tomatoes (20 g).
• 1/4 cup of carrots (grated) (50 g).
• 1 avocado cut into cubes (80 g).
• Extra virgin olive oil (to taste).

Preparation

1. As with all salads, wash the quinoa thoroughly, either by washing it with a sieve or dipping it into a bowl of water at least three times. It needs to be washed to remove the saponin coating.
2. Thoroughly wash the olives and cherry tomatoes.
3. Start cooking quinoa by following the directions suggested above or following the directions on the package.
4. When the quinoa has cooled, place it in a bowl and mix with the rest of the ingredients.
5. Add the oil to make it looser (ie, not let the salad dry) and flavor the ingredients.