Quinoa Salad Recipes

This substantial salad offers a healthy balance of vegetables and protein. It provides a wide range of textures, colors, and seasonings.

My family loves pasta salad for picnics. Since I haven't been eating pasta as part of my diet, I would just make it and do without. Well, for Labor Day, I realized I didn't have pasta and decided to use some quinoa I had in the pantry. This is tasty, nutty and HEALTHY!! Your family will most likely NOT miss their pasta. Add green and red pepper, chopped onion, small diced broccolli and cauliflower, cucumber and any garden fresh veggie to make even better!

Festive and healthy -- a great side dish for a special occasion or any night of the week.

This is a great salad for a summer potluck or cookout. Proteins from the beans and quinoa also make this a bright summer lunch.

The mint and the parsley is nearly no-cal so use as you desire. Hunter leave out the tomato sub. with fruit.

Light and refreshing, this salad is packed with the flavors of spring. Pair it with a simple roast chicken.

This is a cold salad that works well as a side dish, snack or even for breakfast!

This is a quick, easy to store salad. It's a change of pace from typical lettuce salad. A great summer time lunch or dinner! I make it in bulk for parties or to bring for my lunch.

A cool summer salad with quinoa, cranberry, raisins and orange

A delicious and healthy quinoa salad, high in protein and iron.

This is a tasty vegetarian lunch or light dinner.

This is a recipe that will blow you away! Even people who do not appreciate this sort of thing (like myself) will love it. I made all my beans from dried, but you can use canned if you are not concerned about corn derivatives. Just be sure to rinse and drain them! The original recipe called for 1 1/2 C cooked corn instead of chick peas, but I changed it to make the recipe corn and gluten free. You can always experiment with other types of beans. The friend who gave me this recipe put pinto beans in hers.

*****NOTE***** If you want to be sure that this recipe is also corn safe, you must:

1) use a high quality red wine vinegar -- check the label or call the manufacturer!
2) cook your own beans (or use a canned product that lists beans as its sole ingredient!)
3) use real lime juice that you squeeze from the fruit!
4) use non-iodized salt!
5) use high quality spices you can trust, like McCormick single ingredient spices (in this case, cumin)


FYI: 'Qinoa' is pronounced "keen-WAH"

I'll try to get a better pic next time I make it. I ate it all before I thought of it!

The sophisticated flavours in this quick and colourful salad are sure to impress. Very high in fibre and packed with protein, this makes a delicious side or a substantial meal on its own.

Pack a tasty and satisfying whole-grain* salad that's perfect for warmer weather lunches.

* Of course, quinoa is really a seed, not a grain.... ;-)

Cold, Protein Packed Summer Vegetarian Salad

This is a great vegetarian summer salad, and many different veggies can be substituted according to what's on hand and personal taste. This may be a little plain for some people, so feel free to spice it up with cumin or cayenne pepper, or whatever your heart desires! :)

A tasty, quickly prepared dish that's great as a main or a side. Perfect fuel for running.

This is a hearty and delicious salad that is so yummy and good for you.

This can be made any number of ways. It can be completey vegetarian, you can add meat, use different veggies, the sky is the limit with this one.

Quinoa is a nutritional powerhouse and the more we can bring it into our diet the better.

Quinoa is great for any meal because it is so filling. You won't even need seconds. Top up the dish with a plethora of fiberful veggies and the spark of lemon and you've gone all perfect on me.

the perfect meal for meatless monday!