Recipes
Southwestern Quinoa Salad with Avocado Dressing
Download PDFThis southwestern-style salad is packed with protein and features a creamy avocado dressing
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
Salad:
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa
- 1 (15 oz.) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 small punnet (200 g) grape tomatoes
- 1 orange bell pepper, diced
- 1 large avocado, peeled, seeded and diced
- ½ cup diced cucumber, seeds removed
- ½ cip sweet corn (canned or unfrozen)
- ¼ cup diced red onion
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 lime, for juicing over the salad
- ¼ cup chopped cilantro
Avocado Dressing:
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled and seeded
- ¼ cup silken tofu
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp. water
- 2 tbsp. chopped cilantro
- 1 tbsp. tahini
- 1 tbsp. chopped green onion
- 1 tbsp. fresh lime juice
- ¼ tsp. ground cumin
- 1/8 tsp. chili powder
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
- Place the quinoa along with 2 cups salted water in a medium saucepan. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce to the lowest heat setting. Simmer until water is completely absorbed and quinoa is fluffy, about 20 minutes.
- While the quinoa if cooking, make the avocado dressing. Combine all of the dressing ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.
- In a large bowl, combine quinoa, black beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocado, cucumber, corn, red onion. Pour dressing over quinoa salad and stir until salad is well coated. Season with salt and pepper. Squeeze fresh lime juice over the salad, so the avocado doesn’t brown. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve at room temperature or chilled.
