Green Quinoa Salad

A quick and healthy quinoa salad filled with grated vegetables, tossed with an avocado herb dressing, and finished with toasted nuts, seeds and micro greens. Simple, delicious, impressive.

This plant powered meal is easy to prepare and super satisfying. If you are cooking for guests, adding toasted nuts and seeds and freshly cut micro greens will dress it up perfectly.

I love how these beautiful gluten free grains (or pseudo-grains) are alkalizing to the body and provide such a vast array of nutrients.

Quinoa, the ‘Mother Grain’, is a good source of calcium and iron. It also contains phosphorus for healthy bones, the antioxidant vitamin E, and B vitamins.

One cup of cooked quinoa gives you about 8g of quality protein, providing all the essential amino acids.

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Green Quinoa Salad

Naturopath Lauren Glucina

A simple, protein rich meal filled with zucchini, avocado and fresh micro greens. Recipe serves 3 (2 people with leftovers). 

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Salad, Sides

Cuisine Dairy-free, Gluten free, Vegan

Servings 3

Calories 367 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 cup quinoa
• Half an avocado
• Handful of coriander
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• One zucchini grated
• Large handful of fresh herbs: mint parsley, oregano
• One stalk of celery finely chopped
• ¼ cup sunflower seeds
• ¼ cup pine nuts
• Micro greens
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Pop the quinoa in a sieve and rinse well, then add to 2 cups of cold water in a pot, bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a hand held stick blender, blitz the avocado, coriander, olive oil and salt to make a green sauce.
• Fold this through the cooked quinoa with the zucchini, fresh herbs and celery.
• Gently toast the sunflower seeds and pine nuts, then sprinkle over the quinoa salad.
• Top with freshly picked micro greens and fresh herbs, season with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper.

Nutrition

Calories: 367kcal

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