Description
The simplest, quickest quinoa salad recipe for a healthy and delicious lunch or dinner. Everyone loves this healthy salad made with quinoa, avocado, cucumber, red onion, broccoli kale slaw and lemon.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed in a fine-mesh colander*
- 2 cups water*
- 2 cups broccoli kale slaw
- 1/4 diced avocado
- 1/4 cup diced cucumber
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- To cook the quinoa, combine the rinsed quinoa and the water in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, then decrease the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook, uncovered, until the quinoa has absorbed all of the water, about 15 minutes, reducing heat as time goes on to maintain a gentle simmer. Remove from heat, cover, and let the quinoa rest for 5 minutes, to give it time to fluff up.
- In a large bowl combine broccoli kale slaw, diced avocado, diced cucumber, diced red onion and slivered almonds. Mix until well combined.
- In a small bowl, combine olive oil and lemon juice. Stir until blended, then set aside.
- Once the quinoa is mostly cool, add 1/2 cup cooked quinoa to the serving bowl, and drizzle the dressing on top. Toss until the mixture is thoroughly combined. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste.
Notes
*Option to use 1/2 cup cooked quinoa instead. I personally prefer to cook a large batch of quinoa at the beginning of the week and store it in the fridge so I can easily add it to salads during the week. If you don’t prep the quinoa ahead of time, just give yourself extra time to cook it and let it cool before adding it to this salad.
**I like to make a large batch of this salad and divide it into mason jars for on-the-go lunch (1-2 cups) or snacks/side dishes (1/2-1 cup).
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: lunch
- Cuisine: salad