Simple Way to Make Homemade Quinoa Citrus Salad
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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Quinoa Citrus Salad is 16 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.
Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Quinoa Citrus Salad estimated approx 1 hour.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook Quinoa Citrus Salad using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Made this for my lunch one day. I was looking for something healthy and light. So I came up with this after 2 failures. Third time was a charm!
Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- 2 cup Red / White Quinoa
- 2 cup Water
- 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- 3 each Large Limes
- 2 each Large Lemon
- 1 bunch Curly Parsley
- 1 bunch Green Onions
- 1 each Yellow Bell Pepper
- 1 each Red Bell Pepper
- 1 each Orange Bell Pepper
- 1/2 cup Fat Free Feta Cheese
- 4 oz Myzithra Cheese
- 1 Salt
Instructions to make Quinoa Citrus Salad
- Start by soaking your Quinoa for about 15-30 minutes. Then rinse it thoroughly. At least 5-6 times to get all the particulate out. Get all your ingredients out so you can prep them while your quinoa cooks then cools.
- Add quinoa to water and bring to a boil. Be sure to cover. Once its boiling turn down to simmer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes until all water is gone. You want it to be firm not mushy (it should have a little pop when you bite into it.). Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool.
- De-vein and small dice the bell peppers. Mince parsley, and slice the green onions.
- Zest the lemon and limes then juice. This can be done on the still warm quinoa.
- Shred and crumble cheeses.
- Make sure quinoa is cool, put in a large bowl then add olive oil, peppers, onions, parsley, cheeses. Mix together with a fork so as not to damage (mash) the quinoa. Salt to taste. Be careful not to over salt. Myzithra is a salty cheese.
- Eat as it is. Make lettuce wraps. Get creative and enjoy!
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