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The Fancy Naps' Quinoa Salad

Toss this together in less than 30 minutes. Feeds 3 as a meal or a few more as a side

Ingredients

Salad

  • 1 cup quinoa uncooked
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 8 grape tomatoes quartered OR 1 1/2 cups chopped tomato (cherry toms work too, honestly, just use what you've got on hand)
  • 1/2 cup finely diced red onion
  • 1/2 avocado diced seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella
  • 2 cups shredded lettuce I recommend you do NOT use lettuce if you will be serving this with warm quinoa. When I do use lettuce, I use Romaine or iceberg
  • 2 tsp lime juice about 1/4 lime
  • salt and pepper to taste

Dressing

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Instructions

  • Rinse your quinoa!
  • Fill a medium sauce pan with 1 1/2 cups water, add quinoa and a pinch of salt and bring to a boil with lid on
  • Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer the quinoa for about 20 minutes. (Quinoa can be made ahead of time as well so it is cool)
  • Meanwhile, prep your veggies...
  • In a medium sized mixing bowl, add red onion, tomato, lettuce and mozzarella
  • Season with some salt and pepper, toss
  • Drizzle lime juice over mixture, toss
  • After about 20 minutes, and the water is gone from the quinoa, you can either let it cool a little bit, completely or not at all. Add it to the mixing bowl and give everything a good stir
  • Pour olive oil and vinegar over the salad and toss really well to incorporate
  • Season with a little salt and pepper, to taste
  • Serve with diced avocado