The YUMMIEST Quinoa Salad ever (EASY)!

Boys"R"Us

Tue, Dec 22 2009, 5:40 pm

Someone brought this to my choirs Chanukah party... it was soooo good!
I asked her for the recipe and I made it yesterday... YUM!

Quinoa recipe

2 cup of quinoa to 3 1/2 water

Rinse and drain the quinoa. Boil water, add the grain, bring to boil, reduce to min, keep on for 15 min. Take off the heat, let it sit for another 10-15 min with lid closed. Put in a large dish to cool, then put in the fridge to cool. Combine all the ingredients when cooled.

Other ingredients:

1 1 cup of frozen peas: thaw in cold water, drain

2 Cashews: ¼- ½ cup, roast lightly

3 Red onion thinly sliced (to taste)

5 Optional: chopped dried cranberries and/or fresh chopped cilantro

Dressing: mix all the ingredients

1 ¼ cup of sunflower (or other) oil

2 3 Tbl of wine vinegar ( don’t recommend balsamic )

3 3 Tbl of soya sauce

4 1 ½- 2 tea spoons of curry powder

5 ½ tea sp of salt

6 ½ tea sp of sugar

6 Combine the cooled quinoa with other ingredients, mix. Add the dressing, mix, leave in the fridge to cool.

7 Enjoy!!!!! It always tastes better the next day

tzippt

Fri, Jan 15 2010, 12:46 pm

I made this and it really was delicious. I used toasted sliced almonds since I did not have cashews. It was definitely better the next day and kept for a few days. Even my baby loved it. Thanks for the recipe.

MommyLuv

Fri, Jan 15 2010, 1:09 pm

This sounds great, thanks! Will try this!

You might want to edit the original post. the numbers are confusing-you can't easily tell which ones are the enumerated ingredients and which numbers are the quantities.

sarahd

Sat, Jan 16 2010, 6:54 pm

Boys"R"Us wrote:

It would still be good without the cashews. Can your guest have sunflower seeds, or pine nuts? Those would be good substitutes.

He can have sunflower seeds. I'll bookmark this for next time we have him.

Tova

Sat, Jan 16 2010, 7:55 pm

You inspired me to pull out the package of quinoa I bought a while ago and forgot about.

I just sauteed onions and frozen peas and added to the prepared quinoa. It was very good and filling. Even my kids ate it (my son called it rice!)