The YUMMIEST Quinoa Salad ever (EASY)!

Gold Member Joined: Jan 29 2006 Posts: 1142

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: �- � 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 � cup of sunflower (or other) oil

2 3 Tbl of wine vinegar ( don�t recommend balsamic )

3 3 Tbl of soya sauce

4 1 �- 2 tea spoons of curry powder

5 � tea sp of salt

6 � 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

Beginner Joined: Sep 27 2009 Posts: 2

Sounds delicious. I definitely want to try it!

Gold Member Joined: Jan 29 2006 Posts: 1142

Thanks... I make this all the time now - it is very filling, and healthy too!

~Debbie

made this for shabbos lunch and it was so yum!
thanks for the recipe

How would this be without the cashews? I would like to make it for Shabbos, but my guest can't eat nuts.

Gold Member Joined: Jan 29 2006 Posts: 1142

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

Gold Member Joined: Jan 29 2006 Posts: 1142

Beginner Joined: Sep 27 2009 Posts: 2

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.

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.
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Active Poster Joined: Feb 25 2008 Posts: 61 Location: NYC

I make this and add mandarin oranges and fresh parsley as well. yum!

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 28 2005 Posts: 4656

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!)

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 29 2010 Posts: 2921

In the recipe it says 2 cups of quinoa does that mean 2 cups raw?

Senior Member Joined: Oct 19 2004 Posts: 232

Love quinoa! I use a recipe very similar to this one, but prefer sesame oil - super yummy!