Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
This quinoa salad can be stored in the fridge for days and it just keeps getting better! Super food Salad Recipe!
Servings 5
Calories 459kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup quinoa, uncooked
- 2 medium lemon
- 2 clove garlic
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, ground
- 6 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
Salad
- 1/4 medium onion, red
- 1 medium orange
- 1 medium avocado
- 15 ounce black beans, canned
- 1 medium pomegranate
- 1 cup corn, frozen
- 1/3 cup cilantro
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper, ground
Instructions
- Cook quinoa according to package directions. Set aside to cool.
- For the lemon vinaigrette: juice your lemons (you'll need about 1/4 cup of juice). Mince garlic.
- Combine the lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil and sugar in a jar with a tight fitting lid; shake to combine.
- To prepare the salad dice the red onion (about 1/3 cup), peel orange and chop up segments, dice avocado, drain and rinse beans, remove pomegranate arils (about 1 cup), thaw corn, and chop cilantro.
- Combine cooled quinoa with other salad ingredients. Pour lemon vinaigrette over the salad and stir to combine.
- Serve cold or at room temperature.
