Mexican Quinoa Salad
14 Jun
This quinoa salad is so delicious, I don’t know how describe it.
So I’ll just throw out some adjectives:
- spicy
- chipotle-esque
- protein packed
- chewy
- zesty
- light
- flavorful
- FRESH
It’s pretty amazing. This dish is great for dinner, along with some grilled chicken, but it’s even better for lunch the next day. And maybe I purposefully make this for dinner knowing my brother will refuse to eat it, just so I can have the leftovers the next day. Shh…don’t tell anyone. It’s also super easy to make and requires zero cooking. Just assemble all the ingredients, dump them into a bowl, stir, and enjoy warm or cold. It’s great either way, but I prefer it refrigerated! Another great idea is to throw this together on the weekend, and enjoy a week of incredible lunches! Have fun.
In other news, I HAVE ONE MORE DAY OF SCHOOL LEFT! I cannot wait for summer! I will definitely be eating lots of this Mexican quinoa salad for lunch 
Mexican Quinoa Salad
Author: Eliza (adapted from www.letsdishrecipes.com)
Recipe type: lunch, main dish, side dish
Prep time:
Total time:
This fresh and flavorful salad is perfect for lunch!
Ingredients
- Salad:
- 1 c. quinoa, uncooked
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 c. thawed frozen corn
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- ¼ c. red onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 jalapeno, seeds and gills removed, chopped
- ⅓ c. cilantro
- 1 avocado
- Dressing:
- ¼ c. red wine vinegar
- ¼ c. olive oil
- ½ t. salt
- ¼ t. pepper
- pinch red pepper flakes
- ½ t. cumin
- 1 t. chili powder
- 1 t. oregano
- juice of one lime
Instructions
- Rinse quinoa under cold water in a mesh strainer. Then cook quinoa according to package directions.
- Prepare veggies and salad dressing, and mix everything together with the quinoa.
- Top with sliced avocado
- Serve warm, at room temperature, or cold.
Notes
If you don’t love spice, omit or reduce the red pepper flakes and jalapeno.
On the other hand, if you love spice, keep the seeds and gills of the jalapeno intact.
(view original recipe here)
Have a happy lunch!
P.S. This recipe is vegan, if you’re into that stuff!
SPICY, FRESH and FLAVORFUL sold me…I have to make this. Every recipe on your blog makes me drool!
Loving your adjectives list… this looks incredibly delicious!
xo
http://allykayler.blogspot.ca/
Thanks! Love your blog!
Oh, this would be great with grilled chicken! Yay for only having one more day of school left!!
You could even use rotisserie chicken!