Healthy and Delicious: Confetti Quinoa Salad

Healthy and Delicious: Confetti Quinoa Salad
Healthy and Delicious: Confetti Quinoa Salad is a gluten free and vegan main course. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 364 calories, 15g of protein, and 8g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes. If you have shallots, juice of lime, beans, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert.

Instructions

1
Rinse quinoa to remove bitter coating. Then cook quinoa in water for 15 minutes or until fluffy. Set aside.
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2
Dice red onion, red bell pepper, carrot. Seed and mince jalapeño pepper. Keep the seeds for a spicier salad. Chop parsley.
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3
Combine all the chopped vegetables in a large mixing bowl along with corn.
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4
Add oil, lime juice, salt, and pepper to the vegetables and stir well to combine.
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5
Toss quinoa with veggies, serve warm or chilled, and swoon.
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Ready In50 m.
Servings4
Health Score65
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