Noon ideas – quinoa salad 3 ways
As mentioned in the previous post I’ve had to watch what I eat a little with the pregnancy. For lunch I’ve been living off salad. Personally I tend to get bored with the simple lettuce type salads and I’ve found adding quinoa to them gives them a bit of bulk and keeps me fuller for longer. Cooking quinoa is easy and if you cook up 3 cups you can refrigerate it and add it to your salads throughout the week. I also use it for dinner meals to go with grilled salmon or as a substitute for saucy meals that usually go with rice. Here are 3 of my favourite salad combinations of late. Have a great weekend everyone!
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Gorgeous. I love quinoa.
I’ve been eating quinoa in salads all week too! I especially like the brown quinoa with balsamic, strawberries, herbs, and greens. I like that sweet potato version too.
Yum the balsamic, strawberry, herbs and greens sounds like a nice combination. I’ll give it a try!
I’ve been including quinoa in my diet for the last two years and I love it! I have a great apple and cheddar muffin recipe using quinoa flour I should send you. Thanks for sharing these recipes! I can’t wait to try the broccoli one!
I’d love the recipe Bonnie!
Gorgeous! These all sound completely delicious. The first one reminded me of a roasted vegetable quinoa salad from Whole Living…the dressing was outstanding, one of the best I’ve ever made! Some tahini, garlic, fresh herbs, smoked paprika…just delish. I highly recommend :) And can’t wait to try these out!
Yum that sounds good. I’ll look it up. Thanks Erika :)
Hi. These sound and look amazing but I simply can’t read the text. Is there any chance of getting the recipes without the pretty backgrounds?
Great recipe! Just made this today and absolutely loved it, was a hit at the picnic we went to. We added some rocket and danish fetta also. The pecans in this are fab :)