If you love big, tasty salads, Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is all that and more. With warm quinoa served on a bed of spinach, avocado, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and covered with a light lemon dressing, this salad is sure to please.
Dinner time is one of my favourite times of the day. Everyone sits down together and just talks. There are no distractions, it’s just us. This is when I hear stories about my daughter’s day at school, my husband’s day at work, and watch my baby feed herself, getting more food on her face than in her mouth. It’s delicious in so many ways.
Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is a quick meal to throw together. While the quinoa cooks on the counter, you can chop up the ingredients and before the kiddos can ask, “Is dinner ready?” the meal is done.
When a salad is filled with fruits, veggies, and quinoa, it’s a satisfying meal that you can enjoy any time of the day. Whether you have it for lunch or dinner, this jam-packed dish has it all. With creamy avocados, warm quinoa, juicy tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers, and lightly cooked spinach, you have a healthy meal that is truly delicious. You can top Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad with chicken, fish, or simply enjoy it with warm quinoa.
When the hot quinoa is added to the salad, it lightly warms the spinach and cooks it in the serving bowl. You’ll love how the warm and cool parts of the salad mix together. Whether you mix it together or eat it layer by layer. Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad creates a wonderfully healthy meal.
With a light lemon dressing drizzled on top, each bite of this salad has a wonderfully refreshing flavour. The dressing is a healthy combination of lemon juice, water, honey, Dijon mustard, salt and garlic powder. You won’t miss the oil in this dressing. Water perfectly thins the lemon flavour without adding unnecessary calories and fat.
Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is perfect for a quick and easy meal at home or as an addition to large family gatherings.
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Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad
Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is a deliciously jam-packed salad, lightly warmed by freshly cooked quinoa. With spinach, cherry tomatoes, avocado, green onions, parsley, and quinoa, it’s hard not to love this fresh salad.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- SALAD INGREDIENTS:
- 6 cups spinach
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 cups vegetable stock or water
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
- 2 avocados, diced
- 2 stalks green onion, diced
- 1/2 cup cucumbers, sliced and cut in half
- 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped
- LEMON DRESSING INGREDIENTS:
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Boil vegetable stock in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. When the stock begins to boil, lower the temperature to simmer.
- Add quinoa, cover the saucepan and cook for 12 to 15 minutes or until all of the liquid is absorbed.
- In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, water, honey, Dijon mustard, salt and garlic powder.
- In a large bowl, add spinach, half of the cucumbers, half of the tomatoes and green onions. When the quinoa is finished, add it to the bowl and top with remaining cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley and half of the avocados.
- Drizzle with lemon dressing. Gently mix. Top with remaining avocados.
- Plate and enjoy!
If you love salad, you may also enjoy Avocado Mediterranean Salad
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I haven’t tried avocados in salad, but this looks so good!! Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday party!
Thanks! Avocados are wonderful in a salad. Hope you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad!
That looks amazing! I am obsessed with quinoa right now!
Thanks, Anna! Quinoa is wonderful in a salad. Hope you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad!
I love the sound of this salad and the colours are just beautiful. My children are very fussy eaters but I would love this and the dressing sounds divine! Thank you for sharing with #FiestaFriday
Thanks! I understand having picky eaters. With my kids, I serve all of the ingredients separately and they enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad deconstructed.
I never get tired of salads in any season!
I agree! Salads are wonderful any time of the year.
Looks lovely and refreshing! I’m always looking for more and more things to do with artichokes!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad.
This looks delicious and is a great winter salad. Saw your blog on the #DateToShare link up.
x, Julie
Thanks, Julie! Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad makes a great winter salad.
This looks good. I’m always looking for tasty ways to use quinoa. #MMBC
Thanks, Catherine! Quinoa is wonderful in a salad.
Looks like a nice healthy meal for lunch or dinner. I’m here from the Over The Moon Linky party.
Thanks Brenda! Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is great any time of the day.
Yum! This is perfect for Summer 🙂
Thanks Flick! Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is great in the summer and any time of year.
Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party! Have a fantastic week.
Thanks Helen! Hope you have a fantastic week too and that you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad.
That looks divine Jessica:)
Thanks Sumith!! It tastes even better.
YUM!!! I love fresh ingredients. Colorful and fresh and vibrant. Those are my 3 words for this. 🙂
Thanks! I love your words. They are perfect for this salad.
Looks and sounds delicious. I can’t wait to give it a try this week.
Thanks Rose!! Hope you enjoy it.
Looks delicious and so healthy!
Thanks!! It’s really yummy.
Your warm avocado quinoa salad looks like a crowd pleaser. It’s going on my list for the next BBQ.
Thanks Ellie!! Hope everyone enjoys it.
The amount of cucumber has been left out. I know I can figure it out but I thought I would let you know. I am eager to try this! Thank you!!
Thanks for letting me know! The recipe has been updated.