Summer quinoa salad

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 145.3
  • Total Fat: 1.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 5.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 27.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.5 g
  • Protein: 6.6 g

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Introduction

This is what summer tastes like! The fresh lime juice really brings it all together! This is what summer tastes like! The fresh lime juice really brings it all together!
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    1 cup uncooked quinoa (makes 2 cups cooked)
    1 1/2 cup 1 cucumber (sliced and cut into ¼, cut into ½ in triangles)
    ¾ cup 1 Red bell pepper (chopped)
    ¾ cup 1 green bell pepper (chopped)
    1 ½ cup 2 fresh corn cobs (cut corn off cob after boiling for 3 min.)
    2 cups 1 can black beans (rinsed and drained)
    ¾ cup 1 purple onion (diced)
    ½ cup fresh lime juice (about 2 limes)
    1 tsp fresh ground black pepper
    ½ cup cilantro (chopped)

Directions

Prep quinoa as per packaging directions and cool.
Boil corn for 3 min. and slice or warm frozen corn and cool.
Chop all remaining vegetables and juice limes.
After first ingredients have cooled mix all ingredients together, chill and serve.
Serves 10: 1 cup servings
Can add 1 ½ cup cherry tomatoes (halved)


Serving Size: makes approx. 10 1 cup servings.

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KELLIA24.