New Year's resolution: eat more quinoa!
Regardless of if you're trying to keep a resolution, simple salads are always good to have on hand. And quinoa is always a good thing. Here's five salads that are elegantly simple and incorporate quinoa for a healthy and delicious meal in the new year! Links to recipes included!
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Quinoa fruit salad Because quinoa doesn't always have to be savory.
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Quinoa salad with black beans, corn, and tomatoes I believe Whole Foods has a version of this that you can buy in a cup...but it's more fun to make your own!
3.
Quinoa salad with pears, baby spinach, and chick peas in a maple vinaigrette You had me at "maple vinaigrette."
4.
Vietnamese and shrimp salad Yes.
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Zucchini and kimchi quinoa salad Let's just put kimchi in everything! That's a good plan, right?
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Comments (7)
I don't have a favorite way (yet) because I haven't tried it before! The salads noted above look good, especially the shrimp one.
@babybug329@xanga - oooh! Try it soon. I really like it with lentils :)
Will definitely try these! I just prepared quinoa last night to serve under stewed chicken and vegetables! I have leftovers!! :D
i don't eat it often enough to have a favourite, and since it's so flexible in that you can mix it with pretty much anything, it'd be hard to choose. the quinoa salads you've listed look amazing though. i love dishes with explosions of colour.
I think I just had a foodgasm
the fruit salad & #4 look the best [ to me anyway ]
These all look delicious, especially number 3. My husband and I finally bought some quinoa a while ago, we just don't know what to do with it yet, so I'll definitely be trying these.
Question: Can anyone tell me the difference between the two different colors?
yay. quinoa is so good for you. tons of protein.