Quinoa salad

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 507.2

Total Fat: 30.0 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 6.5 mg
Total Carbs: 56.2 g
Dietary Fiber: 5.2 g
Protein: 9.2 g

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Submitted by: DEENANATAF

Introduction

A delicious and healthy salad that's good hot or cold A delicious and healthy salad that's good hot or cold

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Minutes to Cook: 20

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

1 c dry quinoa

4 oz. raw pumpkin, in chunks

1 T honey

5 T olive oil, divided

1/2 c chopped walnuts

1/2 c craisins

1/4 c chopped fresh mint

1/2 c chopped fresh parsley or cilantro

1/4 c lemon juice

salt

Tips

You can substitute 4 t of dry mint for the fresh.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix honey with pumpkin chunks and put into a pan covered with baking paper. Drizzle 1 T olive oil and a little salt on pumpkin, and bake 20 minutes. In the meantime, boil quinoa in salted water for 10 minutes. Place walnuts, craisins, mint, and parsley in a bowl with the quinoa and pumpkin and mix gentley. Add 4 T of olive oil and the lemon juice, along with salt to taste.

Serving Size: makes 4 servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DEENANATAF.