I made you dinner.
Yup.
You’re welcome.
And, no. It’s not just another quinoa salad recipe. This one is The Best. Hence, the name of the recipe.
You can thank me later.
It’s yummy. I promise.
This meal is gunna be a nice change of pace for y’all.
After Thanksgiving I’m sure you’re sick of eating sweet potatoes and turkey and gravy – by now your holiday party invitations are pouring in and I’m sure you’re not ready to dive into any more cranberry sauce. Am I right?
Yep.
I can read you like a book.
This detox salad is sure to please your little palate. Fresh cilantro and lemon juice round out this bowl of goodness and deliver a fresh salad with sweet roasted red bell peppers with protein-filled quinoa.
You’re gunna need all the goodness you can get before you walk into those holiday parties filled with eggnog and cookies and o’ ya candy canes. Pure sugar ain’t gunna be your friend. No need to deprive yourself this season but make sure you stay on track with lots of lean proteins and hearty whole food fiber from fruits and veggies and your belly (and body) will thank you, come January 1st.
Enjoy!
xox
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Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 cup frozen green peas
- 2 red bell peppers diced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 2 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
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Cook quinoa according to package directions.
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Meanwhile, steam peas in a steamer basket over medium heat until bright green and tender, about 3-4 minutes.
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In a large bowl, combine quinoa with peppers, peas and cilantro.
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In a small bowl, whisk olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, sea salt and pepper; drizzle over quinoa mixture and serve.
Yummy I love quinoa gotta try this out
Quinoa and Lemon are a few of my favorite things!
This looks amazing!
This recipe looks great. Would love to win the Jules flour!
We LOVE Quinoa! Thanks for another great recipe. I also would love to try the flour from GFJules!
another great recipe by you.
Is made with Cilantro or Parsley? I see Cilantro in the description but parsley in the list of ingredients and directions.
It’s cilantro but you can also use parsley if you’d like!
This recipe sounds delicious, but the description above it mentions roasted red peppers. The instructions don’t says anything about roasting the peppers. Sooo, I will try it with raw peppers…right?
You can use roasted if you’d like or raw.I like it roasted and raw so whichever you’d like Dee! xoox
This is my kind of recipe! A somewhat short, wholesome ingredients list! 🙂 I just bought a bunch of organic quinoa in bulk from Walmart.com (cheapest I could find it!), so now I definitely know one of the dishes I want to make with it! Thanks for the delicious looking recipe! <3
xo.
I have such bad luck with quinoa-my family hates it. I think I must make it wrong. Anyway, I hope I am not too late for the Enjoy Life Giveaway. My daughter lives on their products! We are so grateful there is a line of allergy free products she can eat and enjoys!
Making this tonight looks and sounds amazing!!