Quinoa Salad With Avocado, Asparagus and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Quinoa Salad With Avocado, Asparagus and Sun Dried Tomatoes

  Ready in : 45 mins

Quinoa Salad With Avocado, Asparagus and Sun Dried Tomatoes takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. For $4.3 per serving, you get a main course that serves 2. Watching your figure? This gluten free and dairy free recipe has 718 calories, 20g of protein, and 35g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up herb seasoning, avocado, honey, and a few other things to make it today. This recipe is liked by 1 foodies and cooks. It is brought to you by Foodista. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 92%, which is excellent.

Ingredients

asparagus

asparagus

1 cup

avocado

avocado

1

garlic clove

garlic clove

1

honey

honey

0.5 teaspoon

juice of lemon

juice of lemon

0.5

olive oil

olive oil

2 tablespoons

quinoa

quinoa

1 cup

salt

salt

0.5 teaspoon

herb seasoning

herb seasoning

1 teaspoon

shallots

shallots

2

sun tomatoes

sun tomatoes

0.5 cup

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Rinse quinoa under cold running water for a minute or two to get rid of the bitter aftertaste.

    quinoa

    quinoa

    water

    water

  2. 2
    Transfer to a pot or rice cooker, add 2 cups of water, salt, cover and bring to a boil. Lower down the heat and cook 15 min or until water is absorbed.In another pot bring water to a boil, add asparagus and simmer 5-8 min or until soft.When ready cool down the quinoa and asparagus. Meanwhile chop all the veggie ingredients.Prepare the dressing by simply mixing all of its ingredients (lemon juice, 2 tbs olive oil, 1 garlic clove, 1 tsp italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp honey, pinch of salt) in a bowl.In a bowl combine quinoa, avocado, asparagus, sun dried tomatoes and shallots.

    sun dried tomatoes

    sun dried tomatoes

    italian seasoning

    italian seasoning

    whole garlic cloves

    whole garlic cloves

    lemon juice

    lemon juice

    asparagus

    asparagus

    olive oil

    olive oil

    shallot

    shallot

    avocado

    avocado

    quinoa

    quinoa

    honey

    honey

    water

    water

    rice

    rice

    salt

    salt

    rice cooker
    rice cooker
    bowl
    bowl
    pot
    pot
  3. 3
    Pour the dressing and mix until all is combined.