Simple Way to Prepare Perfect Quinoa Salad

Quinoa Salad.

Quinoa Salad

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, quinoa salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Quinoa Salad is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It's simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Quinoa Salad is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa salad using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Salad:

{Take 2 cup of cooked quinoa.
{Prepare 1/4 cup of olive oil, extra virgin.
{Get 1/2 cup of either - lemon juice or apple cider vinegar or white balsamic (the best flavor), or more depending on your taste.
{Get 1 tbsp of fresh parsley chopped.
{Take 1 tbsp of fresh mint or dried.
{Get 2 inch of long fresh ginger, finely diced.
{Make ready 1 of carrot shredded & diced.
{Take 1 of red pepper finely diced.
{Prepare 1 of English cucumber scooped of seeds & finely diced.
{Get 2 of celery stalks (if small or 1 lg.) finely diced.
{Prepare 1/2 of purple onion finely diced.
{Take 1 of raisins as many as you like.
{Make ready 1 of dried cranberries as many as you like.

Steps to make Quinoa Salad:

Cook quinoa as directed and allow to cool. While quinoa is cooling cut up all ingredients..
In a REALLY large bowl add cooled quinoa; add oil, stir well, add vinegar, or lemon juice and stir to incorporate. Taste and adjust flavors as needed. You will do this a few times and at the very end as well. Add enough parsley and mint to your liking. I like more mint so I add more. It's absolutely ok to use dried but rub it in between the palms of your hand to release the oils. You will need about a tablespoon of each. By all means, use more if you like - I do! If you want to REALLY wow everyone, use white balsamic vinegar!.
Add ginger and stir. Taste for flavors. Ginger will be the heat to this dish. If you want more heat, add more..
Add ALL the vegetables, raisins and cranberries. Stir really, really well. Taste and add more vinegar, or lemon, to adjust flavors for balance..
Place in refrigerator to cool. Before serving taste and adjust if needed..
This recipe is very, very versatile. Add more ingredients or change things up. It's all according to your taste..

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