Colourful Cumin Quinoa Salad

Is there something higher to savor in the summertime warmth than a colourful mild and scrumptious salad? Moreover ice cream or frozen yogurt in fact.

Title: Colourful Cumin Quinoa Salad
Delicacies Fusion
Prep Time quarter-hour
Cooking Time quarter-hour
Whole Time half-hour
Servings 4
Yield 4 cups

Though I can’t appear to get sufficient of the aforementioned frozen treats as of late, I’ve additionally been craving easy-to-prepare salads which might be filling sufficient to get pleasure from as a predominant course. Enter this fantastic thing about a salad that includes delicate quinoa, candy mangoes, crisp pink bell pepper, hearty black beans, and fragrant cumin. Each chew is punctuated by a large number of flavors and a wide range of pleasing textures.

As I typed up this publish, it occurred to me what a beautiful addition diced avocado could be to this salad. I’ve famous this concept within the recipe beneath, and can be sure you add in a number of the creamy fruit the subsequent time I make this… which I’ve a sense will probably be very quickly!


Colourful Cumin Quinoa Salad

tailored from Veganomicon‘s Quinoa Salad with Black Beans and Mango

serves 2 as a predominant course, or 4 as a facet dish

Elements

  • 1/2 cup dry quinoa
  • 1/2 ripe however agency mango, peeled, pitted, and diced
  • 1/2 pink bell pepper, ideally natural, scrubbed, seeded, and diced
  • 1 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 ripe however agency avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced (non-obligatory)
  • 1/2 cup scallions, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • scant 1 Tbsp canola or additional virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp cumin, or extra to style
  • Kosher salt, to style

Instructions

Prepare dinner quinoa in line with package deal instructions. You must find yourself with roughly 1 cup of cooked quinoa.

In a medium bowl mix the nice and cozy cooked quinoa mango pink bell pepper black beans avocado if utilizing scallions and cilantro.

In a small bowl whisk collectively the lime juice oil cumin and salt. Pour dressing over the salad and stir to mix. Alter seasonings to style.

Refrigerate salad for no less than 4 hours earlier than serving for greatest taste. Serve chilly or at room temperature.

Estimated Diet Per Serving

Energy: 280 energy

Whole Fats: 12g

Saturated Fats: 2g

Trans Fats: 0g

Ldl cholesterol: 0mg

Sodium: 240mg

Whole Carbohydrates: 37g

Dietary Fiber: 5g

Sugars: 4g

Protein: 7g

Vitamin D: 0%

Calcium: 4%

Iron: 20%

Potassium: 410mg

Please needless to say these values are approximate and may differ based mostly on the particular manufacturers and portions of elements utilized in your preparation. Moreover, the dressing’s olive oil content material contributes considerably to the whole fats and calorie rely, so you may regulate the quantity of dressing to your dietary preferences. Take pleasure in your nutritious and scrumptious Colourful Cumin Quinoa Salad!