Vegetable Salad with Quinoa

Name: Vegetable Salad with Quinoa
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cups Vegetable broth; 2 cups water; 2 cups Quinoa; 2 cloves garlic cloves (peeled and pressed); 4 ozs Grape tomato (rinsed; trimmed and halved); 1 Cucumber (peeled and diced); 0.5 cup fresh Radish (washed; trimmed and sliced); 1 red Bell pepper (rinsed; trimmed and diced); 4 scallions rinsed; trimmed and finely chopped (white and pale green parts only); 1 cup pitted Kalamata Olive; salt (to taste); freshly ground Black pepper (to taste); 1 Tbsp Lime juice; 1 Tbsp good-quality olive oil

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Health Score:

94 / 100

Difficulty:

easy

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Preparation:

20 min.

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Calories:

215

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Nutritional values

Quinoa is a superfood and the only whole protein that's not an animal by-product. Combining with the vegetables makes this dish incredibely nutrient-dense.

Feel free to experiment with the vegetables you use in this recipe. For example, broccoli and carrots are particularly delicious in this recipe.

1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)

Calorie	215 cal.	(10 %)
Protein	7 g	(7 %)
Fat	6 g	(5 %)
Carbohydrates	32 g	(21 %)
Sugar added	0 g	(0 %)
Roughage	5.9 g	(20 %)

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Vitamin A	0.1 mg	(13 %)
Vitamin D	0 μg	(0 %)
Vitamin E	1.4 mg	(12 %)
Vitamin K	17 μg	(28 %)
Vitamin B₁	0.3 mg	(30 %)
Vitamin B₂	0.1 mg	(9 %)
Niacin	2.2 mg	(18 %)
Vitamin B₆	0.2 mg	(14 %)
Folate	72 μg	(24 %)
Pantothenic acid	0.8 mg	(13 %)
Biotin	3.3 μg	(7 %)
Vitamin B₁₂	0 μg	(0 %)
Vitamin C	61 mg	(64 %)
Potassium	571 mg	(14 %)
Calcium	71 mg	(7 %)
Magnesium	102 mg	(34 %)
Iron	2.2 mg	(15 %)
Iodine	5 μg	(3 %)
Zinc	1.3 mg	(16 %)
Saturated fatty acids	0.8 g
Uric acid	50 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg
Complete sugar	5 g

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Ingredients: 2 cups Vegetable broth; 2 cups water; 2 cups Quinoa; 2 cloves garlic cloves (peeled and pressed); 4 ozs Grape tomato (rinsed; trimmed and halved); 1 Cucumber (peeled and diced); ½ cup fresh Radish (washed; trimmed and sliced); 1 red Bell pepper (rinsed; trimmed and diced); 4 scallions rinsed; trimmed and finely chopped (white and pale green parts only); 1 cup pitted Kalamata Olive; salt (to taste); freshly ground Black pepper (to taste); 1 Tbsp Lime juice; 1 Tbsp good-quality olive oil

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Quinoa Radish garlic clove olive oil Cucumber salt

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Preparation steps

In a large saucepan, bring vegetable broth and water to a boil. Add the quinoa, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until tender and the liquid is absorbed.

Combine the quinoa with the garlic, tomatoes, cucumber, radishes, bell pepper, scallions, and olives. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle with lime juice and olive oil. Gently toss and serve warm or chilled.

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