Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, mediterranean quinoa salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Mediterranean Quinoa Salad is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mediterranean quinoa salad using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mediterranean Quinoa Salad:
  1. Make ready 2 Cups Quinoa
  2. Make ready 2 Cans Low Sodium Chicken Broth
  3. Take 1 Cup Dry Lentils
  4. Prepare 1 Can Low Sodium Chicken Broth
  5. Take 1 Can Cannelli Beans, rinsed and drained
  6. Make ready 1 Can Sliced Black Olives
  7. Get 1 Pkg Grape Tomatoes, halved
  8. Take 1 Large Onion diced
  9. Prepare 2 Bell Peppers diced
  10. Take 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
  11. Get 2 Tsp Basil
  12. Make ready 1 Tsp Salt
  13. Make ready 1 Tsp Pepper
  14. Take 1 Tbsp Oregano
  15. Get 1 Tsp Granulated Sugar
  16. Prepare 2 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
  17. Make ready 1 Juice from Lemon
  18. Get 2 Tbsp Water
  19. Make ready 1 Tsp Dijon Mustard
  20. Prepare 1 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Steps to make Mediterranean Quinoa Salad:
  1. Bring quinoa and chicken broth to a boil, then cover and simmer on low for 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  2. Bring lentils and chicken broth to a boil, partially cover with lid and reduce heat. Cook for 30 minutes or until tender. Set aside to cool.
  3. In a large bowl, combine quinoa, lentils, cannelli beans, grape tomatoes, olives, onions, and peppers.
  4. For Vinaigrette: In blender add garlic powder, basil, salt, pepper, oregano, sugar red wine vinegar, water, and dijon mustard. On low speed slowly add olive oil until mixed.
  5. Pour vinaigrette over quinoa mix and mix well.

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