Quinoa Pine Nut Salad
Crunchy pine nuts add a great texture to this light and tasty salad.
Quinoa Pine Nut Salad
This is a wonderful light and tasty dish!
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil of your choice
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup minced onion
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 cups quinoa
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 pine nuts
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 1/2 Tbsp fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 Tbsp GF balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook and stir the garlic and 1/4 cup onion in the hot oil until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Pour in the water, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil; stir the quinoa into the mixture, reduce heat to medium-low, and cover.
- Simmer until the quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Drain any remaining water from the quinoa with a mesh strainer and transfer to a large mixing bowl.
- Refrigerate until cold. Stir the raisins, pine nuts and red onion into the chilled quinoa.
- Season with cilantro, salt, and pepper.
- Mix together the olive oil and balsamic vinegar then drizzle over the salad; gently stir until evenly mixed.
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