Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
Made with an assortment of fresh herbs, olive oil, and crunchy chopped vegetables, this easy, detox-friendly salad is bursting with flavor. Although quinoa is technically a seed, its grain-like quality places it in the starch category for food-combining purposes; the same goes for other grain-like seeds, such as amaranth, millet, and buckwheat.
Ingredients
- 2 cups quinoa, rinsed and drained
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp. fine sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup minced green onions, white and green parts
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 cup loosely packed chopped fresh dill
- 1 cup loosely packed chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 cucumber, sliced
- 1 large red bell pepper, julienned
- 10 to 15 olives (such as Castelvetrano), pitted and chopped
Directions
Reprinted with permission from No Excuses Detox, copyright © 2017 by Megan Gilmore, published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Photography copyright © 2017 by Erin Scott.
Photography by: Erin Scott
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