quinoa orange salad

[Guest guest]

Just tonight I fiddled with a new recipe. The inspiration was from Whole

Foods where I copied down the list of ingredients from the salad bar

featuring a similar salad. I started with about 1 c. quinoa, and cooked

til just tender (not mushy), then added about 4 chopped scallions, green

tops included, along with the grated zest of two oranges and juice of

these two, plus the sections of two more oranges. Then add in about 1/3

of a diced sweet red pepper. Add a light touch of salt if you want, (I

didn't) and grind of pepper. Simple but satisfying. I think it might

also be good with about 1/2 tsp of sesame oil, but it was delicious

without it.

 

Peggy K.

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Peggy K! Tried this. I had some leftover quinoa in the fridge, so I

adjusted the

recipe accordingly and had it to go with another (green) salad for lunch today.

I did add a

little something - some grated ginger and a sprinkle of raisins (shoulda used

craisins -

they go so well with orange!) and my dh suggested that next time the tiniest

sprinkle of

crushed chilies heh heh heh. But we loved the idea and I'll think of cooking

extra quinoa in

future just for this salad. Btw, I used red quinoa - cuz that's what was cooked

- and it

looked very exotic.

 

Best love, River

 

, pkinnetz wrote:

>

> Just tonight I fiddled with a new recipe. The inspiration was from Whole

> Foods where I copied down the list of ingredients from the salad bar

> featuring a similar salad. I started with about 1 c. quinoa, and cooked

> til just tender (not mushy), then added about 4 chopped scallions, green

> tops included, along with the grated zest of two oranges and juice of

> these two, plus the sections of two more oranges. Then add in about 1/3

> of a diced sweet red pepper. Add a light touch of salt if you want, (I

> didn't) and grind of pepper. Simple but satisfying. I think it might

> also be good with about 1/2 tsp of sesame oil, but it was delicious

> without it.

>

> Peggy K.

>