Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad

Name: Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: SALAD INGREDIENTS:; 2 cups vegetable stock or water; 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed; 2 cups strawberries, quartered; 2 cups blueberries; 1/2 cup almonds, sliced; SWEET LEMON DRESSING INGREDIENTS:; 1 and 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 and 1/2 tablespoons water; 1 and 1/2 tablespoons honey; 1 and 1/2 tablespoons fresh mint; 1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard

August 16 2016 by Jessica 48 Comments

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The perfect make-ahead recipe! Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad is made with strawberries, blueberries, and toasted almond slices. Tasty and ready in only 25 minutes, this is one great dish.

Summertime is a busy time. Especially when the end of July arrives and we celebrate my husband’s and daughter’s birthday. With about a week and a half between the two days, it feels like birthday season in our house.

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Last weekend was my daughter’s third birthday and we whipped up some Yummy Vanilla Cupcakes. This weekend we celebrated with her friends.

Turning three was a whole new experience for us. My daughter helped with every aspect of party planning, from designing the invitations to choosing the music and even the menu. While cake, pizza, and fruit are always birthday party staples for us, I also wanted to include some healthier options, like fish-shaped cream cheese sandwiches, Miso Caesar Salad and Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad.

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Quinoa is such a versatile grain. It’s like the little black dress of healthy grains. You can make it savoury or sweet, depending on how you prepare it. Pair it with berries, beans or even fish. There are endless ways to enjoy this super food. No wonder it’s so popular these days.

With a tasty combination of summer berries, roasted almonds and a honey-sweetened lemon dressing, Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad salad just screams summer. But what makes this salad extra tasty is one very special ingredient, vegetable broth.

Sure, it’s a great base for soups and stews, but vegetable broth also makes perfect quinoa. It adds an element of flavour that you just don’t get when you cook with water. The broth infuses the grain with a wonderfully hearty flavour that adds a savoury element to this fruit-filled salad.

Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad is super easy to make. And it’s the perfect make-ahead dish. You can have the berries chopped in one container, the quinoa in another, and the roasted almonds in the smallest one. Even the dressing can be made ahead of time. In fact, the dressing just gets better with time.

On the first day the lemon juice, water, honey, mint and Dijon mustard, have a fresh lemony flavour. But by the second and third day, the mint infuses the dressing, making it even more refreshing.

Whether you make Berry Nutty Quinoa Salad ahead of time or not, when it’s time to serve, everyone will love this crowd-pleasing dish.

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