Make A Quick Easy Quinoa Salad Bowl

Experience a burst of flavor straight from nature’s bounty with our Quinoa Salad Bowl Recipe! This vibrant dish is not only full of colors but also a celebration of wholesome, nutritious ingredients that come together in perfect harmony. tied together with our flavorful oil and vinegar dressing.

Now, let’s talk ingredients. We’ve got quinoa, the versatile grain that’s a nutritional powerhouse; garbanzo beans for a boost of protein and fiber; sweet potatoes, pistachio nuts for a delightful crunch; and a colorful medley of blueberries, blackberries, and mango. We added a little peppery arugula and lightly tossed in that divine dressing. This salad is a true celebration of flavors and textures. So grab your fork and let’s dig in!
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Quinoa Salad Bowl Recipe
Ingredients:
Dressing:
⅓ cup olive oil
⅓ cup Apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. Dried basil
½ tsp. Garlic powder
1 – 2 tsp. Honey
¼ tsp. Salt, to taste
¼ tsp. Pepper

1 cup quinoa, dry
1 can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1 medium sweet potato
⅓ cup pistachio nuts
½ cup blueberries, organic
½ cup blackberries, organic
1 mango, cut into bite-size chunks
2 – 3 cups arugula, organic

Directions:
Pour the quinoa into a strainer and rinse under cold water for 15 seconds. Drain and place in a 2 quart saucepan and add 2 cups of water or as per the directions. Bring to a boil and lower the temperature to a simmer and cover for 15 to 20 minutes. When all the liquid is cooked out, turn off the heat and fluff up the quinoa. Let it cool before using.

Rinse and poke holes into the sweet potato prior to cooking it in the microwave. Cook on high for 3 minute increments until the potato is fork tender. Let the potato cool and then peel and cut into chunks.

To make the dressing: place all the dressing ingredients into a blender and blend for 30 seconds. Pour into a jar and set aside.

Place the quinoa, sweet potato, garbanzo beans, mango, arugula, pistachios, blackberries, and blueberries. Toss so everything is equally distributed. Then add a few tablespoons of dressing depending on the size of your salad. Toss one last time until everything is evenly coated and serve.

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[Music] today we’re going to make a sweet and savory grain Bowl made with quinoa sweet potato and garbanzo beans and we’re also going to sweeten it up with a little bit of blueberries and blackberries and mango and then we’ll tie it all together with a vinegret so I’m rock and Robin and I’m going to show you how to make it right after my chef joke what did the lettuce say to the celery let us be friends forever so to start off our recipe we’re going to talk about quinoa now it’s a delicious grain and it has a lot of nutrition in it in a/4 cup it has 6 g of protein and 3 G of fiber not to mention some calcium iron and potassium so that’s why I like to use it and it’s gluten-free I’ll measure out a cup and then you want to put it in a strainer because you need to rinse it under cold water for just a few seconds place that in a saucepan and then add a couple of cups of water to it we’ll take it over to the stove and then we’ll turn on the heat and bring it to a boil once that comes to a boil give it a quick stir and then we’ll put a lid on it and simmer it for about 15 minutes while we’re waiting for the quinoa to get done well we’ll just work on our sweet potato that takes a little bit so cut off the ends this is an organic sweet potato and of course I rinsed it and then I poked a bunch of holes in it so won’t explode in the microwave so I cook my sweet potatoes on high for usually 3 minute increments until it’s nice and fork tender so here you can see the fork goes in nice and easily but you don’t want it to be too mushy so you just want it to be able to go in but still have a little resistance while that potato is cooling off we’re going to work on this delicious vinegret okay we’re going to start off with some olive oil here I always like to use olive oil cuz it’s very healthy next is an equal amount of apple cider vinegar make sure you give it a little shake before you measure it out and don’t forget you can get the written recipe below the video in the description area next we’re going to add some dried basil this is actually freeze-dried garlic salt is next and then we’ll finish it off with salt and pepper we’ll blend this up until it’s nice and creamy and then oops you know what I forgot the honey I’m going to place about a teaspoon of this and that way it will balance out the acidity in the dressing now here it is my nice creamy dressing and now we’re going to move on to prepping some sweet potatoes so they’ve cooled off a bit and now we’re just going to peel them I’m just going to slice them here and cut them into bite-sized pieces I’ll tell you there’s a lot of slicing and dicing for this I mean you have to do a lot of prep work with the vegetables but I’m telling you it is definitely worth it he it’s been about 15 minutes here cooking we’re going to check our quinoa and what you want to do is just make sure all the liquid is you know cooked out of it and you just want to fluff this up I’m going to let it cool a little bit cuz I don’t want to put it hot on my salad I’m also adding some garbanzo beans to our salad bowl and I’m using organic here so we’re just going to you know take them out of the can we’re going to place them in a strainer and then we’re going to give them a a nice little rinse so the last thing I need to prep up is a mango we’re going to cut this up and cut it into bite-sized pieces and add it to our salad bowl first of all you want to make sure you have a ripe mango so it should be you know soft to the touch like an avocado all right and then you’re going to cut the what they call cheeks off so the seed runs in this direction here and so you’re going to slide the knife right down the side of it so then I’ll take the seed portion and I’m just going to run my knife down along the side of the seed as close to it as I possibly can to get a few extra pieces of mango out of it then I’ll make some slits but don’t go through the skin on this and then tip it on its side and you can just trim those off with your knife now with each cheek portion you’re just going to score the mango with your knife at about half2 inch increments then rotate the mango 90° and score it in the other direction invert the piece and then you can take your knife and just cut those little chunks right off I find that cutting the mango this way makes it nice quick and easy I think we’re about ready to put this salad together let me show you all the ingredients that I have all right here’s our cooled off quinoa I’ve got some organic blueberries blackberries I have pistachios you got to have those there’s our garbanzo beans along with our sweet potato our mango and of course our dressing now the salad portion of this I’m using some arugula this is organic arugula now we’ll just Place everything in our Bowl here goes our quinoa put in as much as you like toss in a few garbanzo beans keep your eyes peeled as I add some sweet potatoes delicious mango is next now let’s throw in those greens with a little bit of arugula now if you’ve never had pistachios in your salad well you’re in for a treat because these are simply amazing once you put them in you’re going to be putting them in all the time blackberries are next as you can probably tell I like them a lot then I’ll put a handful of blueberries and then I’ll mix this up with a couple of forks I like to toss it up a little bit before I add the dressing so that things don’t get clumpy I’ll give that salad dressing A Little Mix before adding just to make sure it’s well combined and then I’m just going to spoon over about 3 tablespoons now it’s all going to depend on how big your salad is right the best approach is just to add some and then give it a mix and then you know take a taste and see how it is if you need to add more you can you just want to make sure everything is well coated the flavors in this are incredibly delicious you it’s something you really must try now if you’re interested in a little dessert with this you might want to try my high protein cottage cheese ice cream or pudding click the link on the screen and it’ll take you right to the recipe I hope you enjoyed today’s video if you did let me know by Smashing the like button all right I got one more little joke for you what do you call a vegetable that’s afraid to go to the salad bar chicken caesar all right we’ll see you back here next week for another delicious and healthy recipe