Quinoa Salad: Easy & Nutritious

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Quinoa salad is an easy to make one-dish meal or side. It can be kept in the refrigerator for several days and is good for lunch, or any time actually.

Quinoa has been called a super food or a super grain. Quinoa grains are a complete protein, which means that they contain all the essential amino acids our bodies cannot make on their own. Technically, they are considered seeds. 

“Quinoa is a good source of protein, fiber, iron, copper, thiamin and vitamin B6,” says Kelly Toups, a registered dietician with the Whole Grains Council. It’s also “an excellent source of magnesium, phosphorus, manganese and folate.”

Toups emphasizes that a “‘good source’ means that one serving provides at least 10 percent of the daily value of that nutrient, while ‘excellent source’ means that one serving provides at least 20 percent of the daily value of that nutrient.”

Benefits of Quinoa

1 cup quinoa

2 cups water

½ tsp salt or to taste

1-2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or any other preferably cold pressed oil that can be consumed raw.

Juice of 1 lemon or to taste

Pepper ¼-½ tsp

Choice of the following vegetables:

2-3 stalks green onions

1 Red and/or green bell pepper, diced

1 avocado diced

1 cucumber diced

3 Celery stems finely chopped

Instructions:

Wash the quinoa grains using a fine mesh strainer.

Boil the quinoa with 2 cups of water and then simmer until it is cooked through.  

Leave to cool.

Add the chopped vegetables, lemon juice, salt, pepper and olive oil. 

Mix well and then refrigerate for a couple of hours before consuming. This recipe serves 4.

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Sources:


wholegrainscouncil.org
livescience.com

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