Thai Quinoa Salad Ingredients ¾ cup uncooked quinoa 1-2 cups shredded red cabbage, depending on how much crunch you like 1 Yellow bell pepper, diced ½ a small red onion, diced 1 cup shredded carrots ¼ cup chopped cilantro ¼ cup diced green onions ½ cup cashew halves or peanuts (honey-roasted is good) Optional: 1 cup edamame or chickpeas Fresh lime, for a bit of tang For the dressing: ¼ cup all natural peanut butter 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger 3 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon honey 1 tablespoon red wine or balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon sesame oil 1 teaspoon olive oil Water to thin, if necessary Instructions To cook quinoa: Rinse quinoa with cold water in mesh strainer. In a medium saucepan, bring 1 ½ cups of water to a boil. Add in quinoa and bring mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low and let simmer for 15 minutes or until quinoa has absorbed all of the water. Remove from heat and fluff quinoa with fork; place in large bowl and set aside to cool. To make dressing: Add peanut butter and honey to a medium microwave safe bowl; heat in microwave for 20 seconds. Add in ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, and both sesame and olive oil and stir until mixture is smooth and creamy. If you want a thinner dressing, simply stir in a teaspoon or two of water or olive oil. Add dressing to the quinoa. Start out with a little bit of dressing and add more to suit your taste. The longer you have the salad together the flavors of the dressing will soak into the salad and increase the flavors... Next fold in red pepper, onion, cabbage, carrots, nuts, green onions and cilantro into the quinoa. Serve chilled or at room temperature with lime wedges if desired. ★ℒℴѵℯ★ℒℴѵℯ★ℒℴѵℯ ℒℴѵℯ★ℒℴѵℯ★★ℒℴѵℯ★ℒℴѵℯ★ℒℴѵℯ ℒℴѵℯ★ℒℴѵℯ★ Folllow me at Carly Gill Join me and over 20,000 members at Carlys Support Group to Better Health for more great recipe ideas , Everyone Welcome START LIVING YOUR LIFE TODAY - MAKE YOUR HEALTH A PRIORITY - ORDER YOUR SKINNY FIBER HERE - AND FOR $1 A DAY YOU CAN START LOSING WEIGHT WITH OUR BUY 3 GET 3 FREE DEAL!!! ( WORKS OUR TO $30 A MONTH OR JUST $1 A DAY ) AND WITH OUR 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT INCHES AND POUNDS Get your Skinny on! 100% natural! NO wraps! NO shakes! NO fake food! NO hormones!! Start here--> CarlyGill.SBC90DayChallenge/
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:23:27 +0000