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Crunchy Quinoa Salad

Crunchy quinoa salad in a shallow white bowl.
Photo by Jennifer Davick
  • Active Time

    30 minutes

  • Total Time

    30 minutes, plus chilling time

Feel free to vary the vegetables in this salad according to what you have in your garden or find at the farmers' market.

Ingredients

6 servings

1 cup uncooked quinoa
2 cups vegetable broth
3 (2-inch) strips of lemon zest (see hints below)
1 1/2 cups asparagus, sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
1 cup snow peas, cut in half
1/2 cup kohlrabi, peeled and sliced into thin strips
1/3 cup radishes, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
1 teaspoon chopped fresh mint
Freshly ground pepper
Dash sea salt
  1. Step 1

    奎奴亚藜洗净放入罐子和the vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, stir in the pieces of lemon zest, cover, and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir, and remove and discard the pieces of lemon zest. Allow the quinoa to cool slightly.

    Step 2

    Meanwhile, put a large pot of water on the stove to boil, drop the asparagus and snow peas into the boiling water, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, until crisp-tender (do not overcook; the vegetables should still be slightly firm). Remove from the pot with a slotted spoon and drop into a bowl of ice water. Drain. Combine the cooked quinoa, asparagus, snow peas, kohlrabi, and radishes in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Season with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt, if desired. Chill for 1 to 2 hours before serving to allow flavors to mingle.

Hints:

Peel the lemon with a vegetable peeler, yielding very thin strips. Use the remaining lemon for the juice in this recipe. Kohlrabi, a relative of cabbage and broccoli, may be unfamiliar to you, but I highly recommend it in this recipe. If you can’t find it, use sliced zucchini instead.

FromThe Healthiest Diet on the Planet© 2016 by Dr. John McDougall. Reprinted with permission by HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Buy the full book fromHarperCollinsor fromAmazon.
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  • Very pretty dish, but as the other reviewers noted, a bit bland. I ended up using a lemon vinaigrette to brighten it up.

    • amortenson

    • Greensboro, NC

    • 8/15/2019

  • This salad was a big hit at a picnic - fresh and light and spring-y. I took the other reviewer's suggestion and added a basic dressing of lemon, dijon, and olive oil.

    • jnschell

    • New York

    • 6/3/2019

  • Being over run by snow peas and fresh herbs, I decided to give this a try. It is very easy but on the bland side. I added some olive oil and Dijon mustard.

    • jarnquist

    • Tucson, AZ

    • 3/29/2019

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