If you're here reading this, I will be at school for my last day with my students. It's been a draining, brain-numbing week, so I'm reposting a summer salad.
Summer Quinoa Salad
I did this post about a summer quinoa salad on the Healthy Writer blog about many years ago. Since it's sort of the first week of summer vacation, I thought I'd share it here.
Have you ever had Taboulleh? I think it's currently out of favor because of wheat's bad rep. Enter the Quinoa version.
I absolutely love the videos from Chef MD so today I bring you Chef MD’s Easy Gluten-Free Quinoa Taboulleh.
Here he is showing you how to make it. It's well worth watching the video because he is so entertaining.
His website has the complete recipe if following the video is too confusing.
Ingredients –
1 cup quinoa, uncooked
1 cup frozen baby lima beans, thawed
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1 cup packaged julienned (matchstick) carrots
1/4 cup each: chopped fresh parsley and mint
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
Doesn’t this sound like a lovely summer lunch or dinner?
One comment on the website suggests substituting cilantro for the parsley. That sounds good too!
An added benefit is the claim that quinoa helps combat migraines!
Have you ever had Taboulleh? I think it's currently out of favor because of wheat's bad rep. Enter the Quinoa version.
I absolutely love the videos from Chef MD so today I bring you Chef MD’s Easy Gluten-Free Quinoa Taboulleh.
Here he is showing you how to make it. It's well worth watching the video because he is so entertaining.
His website has the complete recipe if following the video is too confusing.
Ingredients –
1 cup quinoa, uncooked
1 cup frozen baby lima beans, thawed
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1 cup packaged julienned (matchstick) carrots
1/4 cup each: chopped fresh parsley and mint
1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
Doesn’t this sound like a lovely summer lunch or dinner?
One comment on the website suggests substituting cilantro for the parsley. That sounds good too!
An added benefit is the claim that quinoa helps combat migraines!
Reading back through this recipe now, I'm thinking I might substitute lentils for the lima beans.
Do you have any go-to summer recipes?
Do you have any go-to summer recipes?
