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Home » Plant-Based Recipes » Mains » Green Quinoa Salad

Green Quinoa Salad

Published: Feb 6, 2015 · Modified: Mar 12, 2019 by Lauren Glucina • Naturopath, Nutritionist

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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.

Green Quinoa Salad

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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Close up of a warm quinoa salad in a white bowl, finished with a green dressing, toasted seeds and herbs

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
  

  • 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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About the Author

I’m Lauren, practising Naturopath, Medical Herbalist, Nutritionist, and essential oils educator in Auckland, New Zealand. I’m incredibly passionate about food as medicine, and helping connect people with the healing power of Nature.

BNatMed, AdDip NutMed, BCS, Certified FitGenes Practitioner.

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  1. Sue Gray

    October 01, 2019 at 3:37 am

    I made this tonight and it was good! Next time I will cool and fluff up the grains, as mine was a bit of a lump in the end.

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  2. Sarah | Well and Full

    August 03, 2015 at 4:21 am

    This looks so delicious and healthy! 🙂

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    • Lauren Glucina

      August 03, 2015 at 2:34 pm

      Thank you Sarah, it is pretty scrummy!

      Reply
  3. Kevin DynOmight Cundiff

    October 01, 2019 at 3:43 am

    YUUUUUMMMMMM!!!!!!

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  4. Angie Erickson Stevens

    October 01, 2019 at 3:43 am

    Looks like a keeper.

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  5. Maritza Pedraza

    October 01, 2019 at 3:43 am

    What a beautiful and healthy way to make quinoa.

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