Crisp, satisfying and delicious. My Quinoa Salad recipe is one of my favorite side dishes that has loads of flavor and is packed with wholesome ingredients like quinoa, bell pepper, tomatoes, corn and black beans.
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 15 minutesminutes
Servings:4people
Ingredients
For the Quinoa Salad
3 cupscooked quinoa, approx 7 oz uncooked
1red bell pepper, diced
2medium tomatoes, diced, approx 1 cup
⅔cupcanned corn, drained
⅔cupblack beans
¼cupchopped cilantro
salt, to taste
cracked black pepper, to taste
1 ⅓cupfeta crumbles
For the Quinoa Salad Dressing
2tbspfresh lime juice, approx 1 small lime
2tbspolive oil
1tsprunny honey
½tspcumin
½tspchipotle chili powder
Instructions
In a large bowl combine the cooked quinoa, bell pepper, diced tomatoes, corn, black beans and cilantro.
Whisk together the dressing ingredients and fold into the quinoa salad, adding a generous amount of salt and pepper.
Carefully fold in the feta, trying not to break it up too much. Check the seasoning and serve.
Notes
This will keep for up to 2 days in the fridge, but is better and has more crunch on the day it is made. If you’re making this just to make ahead and not to eat on the day, add an extra 1/4 tsp of both cumin and chipotle chili powder as some of the flavor gets lost as it soaks into the quinoa.