Red Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Corn & Avocado
This quinoa salad is easy to put together and is so hearty in nutrients that it makes a great filling meal. This quinoa salad is a great side or main dish salad. It is served cold.
Not sure if you’re ready to try quinoa as an ingredient? Check out these nutritional facts. They will likely persuade you to give this nutritional power food a chance!
Quinoa Nutritional Facts
- Quinoa has 2xs the amount of dietary fiber as white rice.
- Quinoa has all 9 essential amino acids.
- Quinoa has 4xs the amount of iron preserving than brown rice.
- Quinoa has 8 grams of protein.
Red Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Corn & Avocado
Ingredients
- 1 cup of cooked red quinoa (cooked in chicken broth for added flavor)
- 2 cups of chicken broth
- 1 15 oz can of black beans, drained
- 2 cups of corn1 avocado chopped
- 1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup red onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 bunch cilantro
- Juice of 1 lime
- Sea salt & pepper
Instructions
- Cook the quinoa with broth according to directions on the package and allow to fully cool.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl combine the beans, corn, tomatoes and onion.
- Add oil & vinegar. Gently mix.
- Add cooled quinoa.
- Carefully toss in the avocado and cilantro.
- Season as need with salt, pepper and lime.
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A quinoa salad is a power food dish. It’s filled with nutrients that are filling and healthy for you system. Traditional quinoa can be used in lieu of the red if needed. Regardless, this quinoa salad is delicious!
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This sounds so amazing and very refreshing for a warm summer day! Thank you for sharing this great recipe!
This looks amazing! Perfect for Meatless Monday. I’m making it today…
Yum! This is the perfect lunch for the week! I love it! Pinning it now!
Thanks! It is a perfect lunch! I’ve made the batch on Monday and nibble on it all week!
I literally just made myself this same salad. I was trying to clean out the fridge and had almost all of these ingredients. I used lime instead of vinegar and no onions. It’s amazing. Oh, and added avocado. Okay, so maybe not exactly the same, but YUM!
Looks delicious. I only just started enjoying Quinoa and I love avocado, this might be something I should make.
This looks amazing! The family and I have dipped our toe into eating Quinoa not our favorite but look this recipe to try it out again.
Nom. I want to try making this for my lunch this week!
Yum! I love quinoa so I’ll be adding this to my list of quinoa recipes! Thanks!
I want to reach into the computer and eat this salad for dinner! Yum!
Looks delicious! I love avocado and always enjoy finding new ways to cook with it.
Thank you thank you thank you for this recipe. As a vegan for many years I haven’t found a comlcreiamly made soy yoghurt that was tasty, low in sugar and with mostly natural ingredients. I made your recipe last night, added a cup of frozen raspberries and substituted the maple syrup for agave syrup and result oh wow! Fabulous and adding LSA (linseed, Sunflower and Almond) ground mix to mine as it’s another added boost for fibre. I’m sharing this with friends.
For some reason the recipe isn’t showing up for me. I’ve made this many times and love it, but don’t know the recipe by heart. I wanted to make it tonight for some guests but can’t seem to find the actual recipe