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Veggie Quinoa Salad in a bowl with Creamy Lemon Dressing is loaded with flavor, texture, color and is both delicious and nutritious! The dressing is a bright Creamy Lemon Dressing with Lemon, honey, mustard, and sour cream.

Vegetable Quinoa Salad Recipe with Creamy Lemon Dressing

Vegetable Quinoa Salad Recipe with Creamy Lemon Dressing is loaded with flavor, texture, color and is both delicious and nutritious! This Quinoa Veggie Salad has cucumber, sweet peppers, radicchio, scallions, and parsley. The dressing is a bright Creamy Lemon Dressing with Lemon, honey, mustard, and sour cream.  

Course Main Course, Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword healthy dinner, healthy lunch, healthy recipes, Healthy snacks, meal prep, quinoa, salad
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 179 kcal
Author Carrie Tyler

Ingredients

Quinoa Salad

  • 1 cup White Quinoa, uncooked
  • ½ cup English Cucumber, diced
  • ½ cup Radicchio, sliced
  • ½ cup Red Pepper use orange or yellow too for more color!
  • 2 tbls Scallion Greens, finely sliced
  • 1 tbls Italian Parsley, chopped

Creamy Lemon Dressing

  • 1 Lemon
  • 1 tbls Sour Cream
  • ½ teaspoon Honey
  • 1 teaspoon Yellow Mustard
  • 1 teaspoon Italian Parsley, finely chopped
  • Salt, to taste
  • Fresh Ground Pepper, to taste

Instructions

Quinoa Salad

  1. Rinse the quinoa in a strainer

  2. Cook the quinoa according to package instructions.  Let cool in the fridge.

  3. Wash and dice the cucumber.  Note: If you have an English cucumber, keep the skin on.  If a regular cucumber, then peel and discard the waxy tough skin.  Slice the Radicchio.  Dice the pepper.  Chop the parsley.  Finely slice the scallion, using only the greens for this salad, but save the whites for another recipe.  

  4. Mix the cool quinoa and the veggies together in a large bowl

Creamy Lemon Dressing

  1. Zest the Lemon and then cut in half.

  2. In a small bowl, add the sour cream, lemon zest, juice from half of the lemon, honey, yellow mustard, parsley.  
    Ingredients for dressing in a bowl on counter for Veggie Quinoa Salad in a bowl with Creamy Lemon Dressing is loaded with flavor, texture, color and is both delicious and nutritious! The dressing is a bright Creamy Lemon Dressing with Lemon, honey, mustard, and sour cream.

  3. Whisk ingredients together.  Add a dash of salt and fresh ground pepper.  Taste for seasoning and add more salt & pepper if needed.

    In a small bowl, add the sour cream, lemon zest, juice from half of the lemon, honey, yellow mustard, parsley.

Mix the Salad together

  1. Add the Creamy Lemon Dressing to the Quinoa Salad and mix with a large fork.  Taste for seasoning and add more salt & pepper if needed.  Enjoy!!

    This Veggie Quinoa Salad with Lemon Dressing is a cool, refreshing, but filling and delicious salad that can stand alone or be a great side dish. It has so many fresh and flavorful vegetables including cucumber, sweet peppers, radicchio, scallions, and parsley. The dressing is a bright Creamy Lemon Dressing with Lemon, honey, mustard, and sour cream.

Recipe Notes

  1. Is this recipe Gluten Free?  Yes, but be sure to check all food ingredient labels to ensure that products are gluten free.
  2. Can I use roasted vegetables in this Vegetable Quinoa Recipe instead?  Roast vegetables are wonderful addition to any salad, including this cold Quinoa Salad. In fact, I have another recipe with roasted veggies and a fried egg on top that you can check out! You simply dice the bell pepper, zucchini, and then add to a baking sheet with corn and roast.
  3. What cheese would be a good addition to this salad?  While there is no bad cheese in my opinion, the best cheeses to add to this salad are Feta cheese, Goat cheese, Ricotta Salata or Parmesan. You could also add blue cheese or gorgonzola!

What else can I add to this Quinoa Salad?
The options are endless when it comes to adding things to this Vegetable Quinoa Recipes. You could add additional or different vegetables. For example, tomatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), green beans, beats, and carrots are a few ideas. You could also look to nuts and seeds for added protein and a little crunch! Pine Nuts, walnuts, almonds, sunflower seeds, or pumpkin seeds would all be delicious!