Delicious and healthy greek quinoa salad

Delicious and healthy greek quinoa salad! I just love this salad in warmer weather. Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-WAH) is a grain I always try to incorporate into my diet because it has a low glycemic index as well as a bunch of other healthy amino acids. It’s a perfect protein! I absolutely love greek food, and this is my version of a greek quinoa salad 🙂

Delicious and healthy greek quinoa salad

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Author: Vixen's Kitchen

Ingredients

• ½ large lemon
• ½ cup olive oil
• **see other variations below

Ingredients for the salad:

• 2 cups uncooked quinoa
• 4 cups homemade chicken broth (you can also use water... but the broth gives it so much more flavor and added health benefits!)
• 6-8 cocktail cucumbers, chopped (these are the little guys.... or you can use 1 english cucumber with the skin on)
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped (that's what I had today... but I'll throw in other colors too if I have them)
• 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, cut in half
• ¾ cup red onion, chopped or sliced thin
• ⅔ cup flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 cup feta cheese

Instructions

1. Rinse the quinoa. Cook the quinoa with the chicken broth, or use water, according to the directions. Once cooked, let cool. You can even cook the quinoa a day or so ahead of time.
2. Chop up your cucumbers, bell pepper, tomatoes, onion and parsley. Combine with the quinoa in a large bowl.
3. For the dressing, squeeze the lemon juice into a small bowl. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil, while whisking. Typically you would add salt and pepper too. But if you've used chicken broth to cook your quinoa, you may have enough salt already. Plus, feta is also salty! Pour the dressing over the salad and mix together. Gently fold in the feta. Salt and pepper as needed. **Cumin or oregano are also fabulous additions! Sometimes I'll add grilled chicken too! Have fun with it 🙂

Notes

**Cumin or oregano are also fabulous additions! Sometimes I'll add grilled chicken too! Have fun with it 🙂 You can also used my Greek Dressing and Marinade recipe for the dressing.

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