Beet Quinoa Salad
Up your main dish salad game with this colorful and easy to make Beet Quinoa Salad! It's the perfect healthy, light meal!
Servings 4 servings
Calories 303kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups beets (coarsely grated)
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup parsley (chopped)
For the dressing
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup feta (crumbled)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
Instructions
- Put the quinoa and water in a pan and cover with a lid. Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer for around 12-15 minutes until all the water has gone and the tendrils of the quinoa bloom.
- While quinoa is cooking, prepare the rest of the salad - grate the beets, chop the parsley and mix together the dressing ingredients. Try to mash the feta into the dressing to be relatively smooth.
- Once quinoa is cooked, remove from the heat and add the dressing and beets. Mix through well. Leave to cool a little more before adding raisins and parsley. Serve room temperature or cool. You can add a little more crumbled feta to the salad if you like, as in the pictures above.
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Nutrition
Calories: 303kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 158mg | Potassium: 476mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 690IU | Vitamin C: 16.3mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 2.6mg