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.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 179kcal
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
- Rinse the quinoa in a strainer
- Cook the quinoa according to package instructions. Let cool in the fridge.
- 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.
- Mix the cool quinoa and the veggies together in a large bowl
Creamy Lemon Dressing
- Zest the Lemon and then cut in half.
- In a small bowl, add the sour cream, lemon zest, juice from half of the lemon, honey, yellow mustard, parsley.
- Whisk ingredients together. Add a dash of salt and fresh ground pepper. Taste for seasoning and add more salt & pepper if needed.
Mix the Salad together
- 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!!
Notes
- Is this recipe Gluten Free? Yes, but be sure to check all food ingredient labels to ensure that products are gluten free.
- 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.
- 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!
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!
