Easiest Way to Make Perfect Warm Quinoa Salad

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, warm quinoa salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Warm Quinoa Salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Warm Quinoa Salad is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook warm quinoa salad using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Warm Quinoa Salad:

1. Get salad/ first version
2. Take 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
3. Take 1 1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced
4. Get 2 clove garlic, minced
5. Make ready 2 medium red bell peppers, finely diced
6. Take 1/2 cup celery, chopped
7. Prepare 2 cup water
8. Take 1/4 tsp white pepper
9. Make ready 1 tsp salt
10. Take 1 1/2 cup quinoa
11. Take 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
12. Take 10 kalamatta olives, sliced
13. Get parmesan cheese, grated ( optional )
14. Get salad/ second version. Use the ingredients from above adding these too
15. Take 1 lb medium shrimp, cleaned and shelled
16. Get 1 tsp lemon zest
17. Prepare 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

Steps to make Warm Quinoa Salad:

1. In a deep skillet heat oil over medium heat.
2. Add onions, peppers and celery. Cook 4 minutes or until onions turn translucent.
3. Add in garlic, salt and pepper. Cook 1 minute.
4. Add in water and bring to a boil. Stir in quinoa and cover. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 15 minutes.
5. Place into a large serving bowl and mix in parsley and olives. Top each serving with grated cheese if you prefer.
6. Serve warm.
7. For version two. This is so easy to change up. You will cook the recipe in the exact same manner. Just toss in uncooked shrimp when water comes to a boil before adding in quinoa. Cover and simmer the same way. Same timing. Toss in lemon zest and juice when adding in parsley and olives.
8. Recipe by taylor68too.

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