Am I the only person who regularly has leftover quinoa in my fridge? If you’ve got quinoa, or if you are looking for an excuse to make some, this Farmers Market Quinoa Salad is calling your name. This salad is bright and refreshing. A perfect “salad” for anyone who doesn’t love lettuce – like my oldest son!
Are you trying to get more salads into your life without really getting more salads into your life?
This is it, friends. Even if you don’t have leftover quinoa in your fridge (that’s just me, right?), you can make this in a snap.
If you haven’t discovered how awesome quinoa is, get on it.
You can even make quinoa in your rice cooker. Set it and forget it.
Once you have cooled quinoa, just add all of your favorite farmers market veggies.
I love this time of year at the farmers markets – so many beautiful choices! I picked up radishes from the farmers market, local hydroponic tomatoes, parsley from my garden, and a little bit of red onion courtesy of Harris Teeter.
I tossed my leftover, cold quinoa with a hodgepdge of delicious farmers market ingredients and some of the leftover lemon vinaigrette from my panzanella salad from the other night (just olive oil, red wine vinegar, and lemon juice!). DELICIOUS. And, really, can you get any easier? This is the perfect summer dinner salad.
Quinn told me I could sell this at a restaurant. AWWW. I’ll keep him. 😉 I didn’t even have to pay him very much to say that.
Farmers Market Quinoa Salad
Farmers Market Quinoa Salad
Ingredients
- 2 c quinoa , cooked
- 1 bunch radishes , sliced
- 1 handful parsley , chopped
- 1 large tomato , chopped
- 1/4 red onion , thinly sliced
- 1/2 lemon , juiced
- 3 T olive oil
- 2 - 3 T red wine vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic , crushed, rub with salt
Instructions
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Combine quinoa with radishes, tomatoes, parsley, red onion.
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Mix ingredients for dressing - lemon juice, red wine vinegar, garlic, and olive oil. Shake.
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Pour dressing over quinoa salad. Toss.
Other favorite salads …
Simple Spinach Cobb Salad With Lardons
Salmon and Capers Panzanella Salad
Simply Delicious Rotisserie Chicken Salad
Massaged Greens Salad (A Guest Post!)
Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing with GF Croutons
For more easy dinner salad recipe ideas, be sure to check out all of these recipes from the Sunday Supper family …
Sunday Supper Summer Dinner Salad Recipes
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- Grilled Keilbasa and Warm Mustard Viniagrette Salad by Our Good Life
- Healthy Steak Salad by Cricket’s Confections
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- Southwestern Steak Salad by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
Choice Chicken Salads
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- BBQ Chicken Avocado Hemp Seed Salad by Family Foodie
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- Chicken Fried Picnic Salad by The Freshman Cook
- Chicken Salad with Orange and Fennel by A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Chrissy’s Cobb Salad by Fantastical Sharing of Recipes
- Grilled Panzanella Salad with Chicken Sausage by A Mind “Full” Mom
- Rainbow Greek Chicken Salad by Jersey Girl Cooks
Superb Seafood Salads
- Beer Steamed Shrimp Salad by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Crab Salad with Chili, Tomato and Avocado by Monica’s Table
- French Lentil Salad Nicoise-Style with Seared Tuna by Caroline’s Cooking
- Red Camargue and Wild Rice Salad with Tuna by Food Lust People Love
- Roasted Cod and Edamame Salad by The Bitter Side of Sweet
- Seared Ahi Tuna Salad with Key Lime-Dijon Vinaigrette by Gourmet Everyday
- Shrimp & Orange Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Vibrant Veggie Salads
- Chopped Greek Salad by Soulfully Made
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- Iron Chef Morimoto Inspired Salad by NinjaBaker.com
- Kale Guacamole Salad by Pies and Plots
- Kale Superfoods Salad by Sew You Think You Can Cook
- Loaded Chopped Salad by Simple and Savory
- Muffuletta Pasta Salad by Cosmopolitan Cornbread
Quinoa is truly the perfect protein. Very curious about cooking quinoa in the rice cooker. I have a Japanese-style one. Presume I’d set it to the regular or brown rice setting. (Although might be fun to try out the sushi setting.)
So easy in my rice cooker – I have a zojirushi rice cooker but I imagine others would be similar. I use a 1:2 quinoa to water ratio and set it to white rice. I am intrigued by the sushi rice setting now that you mention it!!
I too always have leftover quinoa so that is why I made my quinoa salad. Great minds think a like! You have inspired me to go to a farmer’s market this soon. I forget about all the wonderful goodies they have there. Great recipe!
Thanks, Denise! Quinoa really is such a versatile leftover!!