Quinoa Chickpea Salad

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, quinoa chickpea salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This bright and colorful quinoa chickpea salad is packed with vegetables and flavored with an easy lemon vinaigrette. Great for plant based dinners or sides. Queue up this amazing quinoa chickpea salad for your meal plan this week. Veggie Options for Chickpea Quinoa Salad.

Quinoa Chickpea Salad is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Quinoa Chickpea Salad is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook quinoa chickpea salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Chickpea Salad:
  1. Make ready 1 cup Quinoa
  2. Make ready 2 cups water
  3. Prepare 1 cup chopped assorted Vegetabls
  4. Make ready 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  5. Make ready 2 tsp Lemon juice
  6. Get 1 tbsp Vinegar
  7. Make ready 1 tsp minced Garlic
  8. Prepare 1⁄2 spoon salt
  9. Prepare 1⁄4 spoon black pepper
  10. Get 1⁄2 spoon Italian herbs

Prepare vinaigrette: in a small mixing bowl combine olive oil, lemon juice, chopped garlic, sea salt and pepper. POWER SALAD: Cook the quinoa according to package directions. Allow the quinoa to cool completely before tossing with the salad ingredients. HONEY-LEMON DRESSING: Combine the ingredients for the dressing in a small mason jar and give it a few good shakes until the dressing mixes through.

Steps to make Quinoa Chickpea Salad:
  1. Boil the soaked Chickpeas for 5-6 whistles.
  2. Rinse the Quinoa in mesh. Now add the rinsed quinoa and the water in a saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, then decrease the heat to low. Cook till quinoa has absorbed all of the water.Switch off the flame and let the quinoa rest for 5 minutes.
  3. Chop all the Vegetables- I have used Onion, Bell Peppers, Tomato, Carrot and Cucumber.
  4. In large pan, add all the chopped Vegetables and chickpeas. Mix well.
  5. In another bowl, combine olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, chopped garlic, herbs and salt. Mix well.
  6. Once the Quinoa is cooled, add it the bowl and then add the dressing. Add salt and pepper and mix well.
  7. Leave in fridge for 10-15 mins. Serve chilled.
  8. Do try this, it tastes amazing

Allow the quinoa to cool completely before tossing with the salad ingredients. HONEY-LEMON DRESSING: Combine the ingredients for the dressing in a small mason jar and give it a few good shakes until the dressing mixes through. Drizzle the dressing into the salad and toss the salad to combine. Once everything is prepped, add the ingredients to a mixing/serving bowl (or use the pot you cooked the quinoa in). Top with salt, pepper, lemon and an optional drizzle of oil, and give a good toss.

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