Thursday, June 3, 2010

Quinoa Mango Salad


This salad is YUMMY. It's gluten free, vegan, delicious, and... 3 weight watcher points for 1/2 cup.

Here is the recipe:

5 cups COOKED quinoa ( Sorry, I dont have the uncooked amount)
1 mango- cubed
1/2-1 cup cilantro chopped
1/4 vidalia onion chopped VERY fine.
2 cloves of garlic, also chopped VERY fine.
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 PINCH ground ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1/2 large apple, or 1 small apple- peeled and cubed
lemon juice squeezed from 1 small lemon

Cook the quinoa in water or broth (twice as much liquid than quinoa).
When cooked, put in onion, garlic and cilantro (while still hot).
Cool. You can put in fridge, or just do the next part later.
Mix the Olive oil, spices, and lemon juice in another bowl.
Once quinoa mix is cooled, stir in oil mixture.
dump in fruit, raisins, and almonds.
SALT to taste.

Enjoy :)

Oh, Here's what I had for lunch today.... Egg salad on gluten free bread (from Mariposa Bakery), pickles and fresh berries.

1 comment:

Mary Thomas said...

YUM!! Looks healthy and fresh!