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My family and I love quinoa. If you have never tried it, I highly recommend it! It is almost like a cross between a noodle and rice. It works perfectly in this Santa Fe Salad! Hope you like it as much as we do!
SANTA FE QUINOA SALAD RECIPE
My family and I love quinoa. If you have never tried it, I highly recommend it! It is almost like a cross between a noodle and rice. It works perfectly in this Santa Fe Salad!
Serving people
Ingredients
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, (drained and rinsed)
- ½ red bell pepper, diced
- 2 ears fresh corn, cut off the cob
- 2 Tablespoons red onion, (minced)
- 2 Tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
- ½ cup quinoa, (cooked)
- ½ lime, juiced
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 avocado, sliced
Instructions
- In a bowl add your black beans, red pepper, corn, onion, cilantro, and quinoa.
- Whisk together the lime juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, and honey together and toss over bean and corn mixture.
- Refrigerator for at least 30 minutes
- When ready to serve, add your tomato and avocado. Gently toss and combine well.
Notes
You can serve this just as a salad or you can serve it with crackers or chips.
Nutrition
Calories: 280 kcal · Carbohydrates: 38 g · Protein: 10 g · Fat: 11 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Sodium: 10 mg · Potassium: 658 mg · Fiber: 11 g · Sugar: 4 g · Vitamin A: 604 IU · Vitamin C: 23 mg · Calcium: 37 mg · Iron: 3 mg
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I?m obsessed with quinoa! I?ll definitely be trying this one? pinned 🙂
I have never purchaed or bought quinoa before. What is the best way to cook it. Also a good brand that you prefer?
There are no sliced black olives in the recipe, but it does look as if there are some in the picture?
Feel free to add any additional ingredients that you think will sound good! Sorry about that, we will add it to the ingredients.
sorry if this is a stupid question, but you don’t mention if the corn is cooked or not. super excited to try this. thanks!
You will want to cook the corn first.