Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, quinoa citrus salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Quinoa Citrus Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Quinoa Citrus Salad is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook quinoa citrus salad using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Prepare 2 cup Red / White Quinoa
- Get 2 cup Water
- Make ready 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 3 each Large Limes
- Take 2 each Large Lemon
- Take 1 bunch Curly Parsley
- Take 1 bunch Green Onions
- Prepare 1 each Yellow Bell Pepper
- Prepare 1 each Red Bell Pepper
- Make ready 1 each Orange Bell Pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup Fat Free Feta Cheese
- Take 4 oz Myzithra Cheese
- Take 1 Salt
Steps to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
- Start by soaking your Quinoa for about 15-30 minutes. Then rinse it thoroughly. At least 5-6 times to get all the particulate out. Get all your ingredients out so you can prep them while your quinoa cooks then cools.
- Add quinoa to water and bring to a boil. Be sure to cover. Once its boiling turn down to simmer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes until all water is gone. You want it to be firm not mushy (it should have a little pop when you bite into it.). Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool.
- De-vein and small dice the bell peppers. Mince parsley, and slice the green onions.
- Zest the lemon and limes then juice. This can be done on the still warm quinoa.
- Shred and crumble cheeses.
- Make sure quinoa is cool, put in a large bowl then add olive oil, peppers, onions, parsley, cheeses. Mix together with a fork so as not to damage (mash) the quinoa. Salt to taste. Be careful not to over salt. Myzithra is a salty cheese.
- Eat as it is. Make lettuce wraps. Get creative and enjoy!
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