Cranberry Quinoa Salad

5 from 21 votes

Cranberry Quinoa Salad is a healthy recipe that involves simple ingredients like fresh herbs, almonds, and feta cheese. With a delicious lemon dijon dressing, it's the perfect refreshing side dish or main course! Ready in less than 30 minutes.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings: 4 cups

Course: dinner, gluten-free, Side Dish, vegetarian

Cuisine: American

Calories: 556

Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients

1 cup dry quinoa rinsed.
2 cups veggie broth
1/2 cup cranberries
1/2 cup chopped green scallion
3/4 cup slivered almonds
3/4 cup feta cheese
1/2 cup chopped parsley

Dressing:

1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 Tbsp. honey
2 cloves garlic minced
2 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper

Method

To see how it's made, watch the video above in the post!
Rinse your quinoa in a fine mesh strainer and then add to a saucepan.
Add in veggie stock and turn on heat.
Bring to a rolling boil, then stir and turn the heat down to low and cover.
Cook for 15 minutes covered.
Turn off heat and let sit for about 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, open lid and fluff with fork.
Your quinoa should have absorbed all the water, if not, return to heat for a few more minutes.
Pour quinoa into bowl for cooling.
Assemble the dressing while you wait.
Whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, dijon mustard, salt and pepper in one bowl.
Once quinoa as completely cooled, add cranberries, green scallion, almonds, feta cheese, and parsley.
Add dressing on top and mix together!
Serve immediately or cold. This salad gets better the longer it sits in the fridge!
Enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 556kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 15gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 973mgPotassium: 522mgFiber: 7gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 1143IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 240mgIron: 4mg

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