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Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad

November 8 2018 by Jessica 32 Comments

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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.

WARM AVOCADO QUINOA SALAD -- My family loves this salad! It's perfect for lunch or dinner. 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. healthy and easy family meals | meatless monday | low carb vegetarian meals | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Quinoa Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | #salad #recipe #healthyrecipe #meatlessmonday #dinner | thishappymommy.com

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.

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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.

WARM AVOCADO QUINOA SALAD -- My family loves this salad! It's perfect for lunch or dinner. 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. healthy and easy family meals | meatless monday | low carb vegetarian meals | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Quinoa Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | #salad #recipe #healthyrecipe #meatlessmonday #dinner | thishappymommy.com

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.

WARM AVOCADO QUINOA SALAD -- My family loves this salad! It's perfect for lunch or dinner. 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. healthy and easy family meals | meatless monday | low carb vegetarian meals | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Quinoa Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | #salad #recipe #healthyrecipe #meatlessmonday #dinner | thishappymommy.com

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 -- My family loves this salad! It's perfect for lunch or dinner. 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. healthy and easy family meals | meatless monday | low carb vegetarian meals | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Quinoa Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | #salad #recipe #healthyrecipe #meatlessmonday #dinner | thishappymommy.com

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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

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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.

  • Author: Jessica
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Yield: 4 1x

Ingredients

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  • 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

  1. Boil vegetable stock in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. When the stock begins to boil, lower the temperature to simmer.
  2. Add quinoa, cover the saucepan and cook for 12 to 15 minutes or until all of the liquid is absorbed.
  3. In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, water, honey, Dijon mustard, salt and garlic powder.
  4. 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.
  5. Drizzle with lemon dressing. Gently mix. Top with remaining avocados.
  6. Plate and enjoy!

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WARM AVOCADO QUINOA SALAD -- My family loves this salad! It's perfect for lunch or dinner. 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. healthy and easy family meals | meatless monday | low carb vegetarian meals | Healthy Clean Eating Salad Recipes | Quinoa Salad Recipes | Healthy Salad Bowl Dinners | #salad #recipe #healthyrecipe #meatlessmonday #dinner | thishappymommy.com

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Comments

  1. Jhuls

    November 17 2018 at 11:04 pm

    I haven’t tried avocados in salad, but this looks so good!! Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday party!

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:10 pm

      Thanks! Avocados are wonderful in a salad. Hope you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad!

      Reply
  2. Anna- Confessions of Parenting

    November 17 2018 at 6:56 pm

    That looks amazing! I am obsessed with quinoa right now!

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:10 pm

      Thanks, Anna! Quinoa is wonderful in a salad. Hope you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad!

      Reply
  3. applytofaceblog

    November 17 2018 at 12:48 pm

    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

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:09 pm

      Thanks! I understand having picky eaters. With my kids, I serve all of the ingredients separately and they enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad deconstructed.

      Reply
  4. Donna Reidland

    November 17 2018 at 9:20 am

    I never get tired of salads in any season!

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:08 pm

      I agree! Salads are wonderful any time of the year.

      Reply
  5. goatsandgreens

    November 17 2018 at 7:09 am

    Looks lovely and refreshing! I’m always looking for more and more things to do with artichokes!

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:07 pm

      Thanks! Hope you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad.

      Reply
  6. This Main Line Life

    November 17 2018 at 6:40 am

    This looks delicious and is a great winter salad. Saw your blog on the #DateToShare link up.
    x, Julie

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:07 pm

      Thanks, Julie! Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad makes a great winter salad.

      Reply
  7. Catherine Lanser

    November 12 2018 at 8:07 am

    This looks good. I’m always looking for tasty ways to use quinoa. #MMBC

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:06 pm

      Thanks, Catherine! Quinoa is wonderful in a salad.

      Reply
  8. Brenda Loves Sharing

    November 11 2018 at 10:59 pm

    Looks like a nice healthy meal for lunch or dinner. I’m here from the Over The Moon Linky party.

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:05 pm

      Thanks Brenda! Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is great any time of the day.

      Reply
  9. Flick

    November 11 2018 at 7:09 pm

    Yum! This is perfect for Summer 🙂

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:03 pm

      Thanks Flick! Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad is great in the summer and any time of year.

      Reply
  10. helenfern

    November 11 2018 at 9:05 am

    Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party! Have a fantastic week.

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 20 2018 at 2:02 pm

      Thanks Helen! Hope you have a fantastic week too and that you enjoy Warm Avocado Quinoa Salad.

      Reply
  11. Sumith Babu

    November 9 2018 at 2:50 pm

    That looks divine Jessica:)

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 9 2018 at 8:59 pm

      Thanks Sumith!! It tastes even better.

      Reply
  12. foodiemarvel

    November 8 2018 at 8:52 pm

    YUM!!! I love fresh ingredients. Colorful and fresh and vibrant. Those are my 3 words for this. 🙂

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 8 2018 at 11:27 pm

      Thanks! I love your words. They are perfect for this salad.

      Reply
  13. Rose Wolfe (Living Free with disAbilities)

    November 8 2018 at 7:13 pm

    Looks and sounds delicious. I can’t wait to give it a try this week.

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 8 2018 at 8:05 pm

      Thanks Rose!! Hope you enjoy it.

      Reply
  14. letterstodutch

    November 8 2018 at 2:49 pm

    Looks delicious and so healthy!

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 2 2018 at 1:06 pm

      Thanks!! It’s really yummy.

      Reply
  15. elliebleu

    November 8 2018 at 11:31 am

    Your warm avocado quinoa salad looks like a crowd pleaser. It’s going on my list for the next BBQ.

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 9 2018 at 1:06 pm

      Thanks Ellie!! Hope everyone enjoys it.

      Reply
  16. Deborah M Fischer

    September 2 2018 at 12:45 pm

    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!!

    Reply
    • Jessica

      November 9 2018 at 10:00 am

      Thanks for letting me know! The recipe has been updated.

      Reply

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