Quinoa And Apple Salad

Name: Quinoa And Apple Salad
Ingredients: FOR THE SALAD:; 5 cups Cooked Quinoa (See Note); 2 whole Granny Smith Apples; 1 cup Red Bell Pepper; 1 cube Small Red Onion; 1/2 cups Chopped, Toasted Pecans; 1 cup Corn, Nibblets; 1/2 cups Dried Cranberries; _____; FOR THE DRESSING:; 1 whole Lemon, Juiced; 1/3 cups Apple Cider Vinegar; 1/2 cups Orange Juice; 1/3 cups Canola Or Sunflower Oil; 1/3 cups Honey

15 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE SALAD:
5 cups Cooked Quinoa (See Note)
2 whole Granny Smith Apples
1 cup Red Bell Pepper
1 cube Small Red Onion
1/2 cups Chopped, Toasted Pecans
1 cup Corn, Nibblets
1/2 cups Dried Cranberries
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FOR THE DRESSING:
1 whole Lemon, Juiced
1/3 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 cups Orange Juice
1/3 cups Canola Or Sunflower Oil
1/3 cups Honey

Directions

1

Note: To make 5 cups cooked quinoa, rinse 2 cups of quinoa in cold water for 3 minutes. I use a mixture of regular and red quinoa. Add rinsed quinoa to 4 cups cold water. Bring to a boil.
2

Cook covered for 7-10 minutes. Drain and cool.
3

While quinoa is cooking, chop and core apples, red pepper and onion. Toast pecans and thaw or drain corn nibblets.
4

Mix the dressing ingredients together.
5

Once quinoa is cool, add all the ingredients together. Stir in the dressing. Chill for one hour prior to serving.
6

Garnish with fresh parsley or mint (optional).
7

Keeps well in the fridge for up to 5 days.