Red Quinoa Salad with Mango, Avocado and Walnuts
Ingredients:
1 cup red quinoa
1 teaspoon salt
1 mango, skinned and chopped into 1 cm cubes
1 avocado, skinned and chopped into 1 cm cubes
2 tomatoes, diced
2 green onions, chopped fined
1/3 cup pecans (used toasted walnuts)
Dressing:
1 lime juiced (used lemon)
1 pinch cumin
1 pinch chili powder (used cayenne powder)
1 garlic clove, minced
1 pinch chipotle powder, hot sauce or minced chipotle (used Sriracha sauce)
1 teaspoon olive oil
salt and pepper
Put quinoa in a pot and cover with hot water. Allow to sit for 10 minutes, drain, and rinse and drain again. Put back in a sauce pan with a lid and add salt and 1 1/2 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to a simmer. Cook for 20 minutes. Fluff with a fork and set aside to cool.
In a glass jar combine dressing ingredients and give a good shake. In a salad bowl toss dressing, quinoa and remaining ingredients. Will keep in the fridge for at least 6-8 hours, it was still good the next day and the avocado was still green.
*The weekend before we went to Whole Foods and I found this beautiful red quinoa. Right away I grab it and thinking already what I’m going to do with it. I found this recipe from Daily Unadventures in Cooking. It is perfect not only I have most of the ingredients but I always love pairing quinoa with nuts. I did a few adjustments. I used toasted walnuts instead of pecans, lemon instead of lime, cayenne pepper instead of chilli powder, and Sriracha sauce instead of hot sauce. Top with green onionsEverything was perfect with a little kick to it.
The difference between red and white quinoa are, red quinoa has a bitter taste compared to white and red quinoa has a slightly higher calorie content. Over all both are high in iron, fiber and protein, and low in fat. Quinoa is considered the king of all grains. enJOY!!!
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Source: Daily Unadventures in Cooking