Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette combines ultra-healthy and flavorful ingredients like quinoa, pomegranate, citrus, avocado and beans, in a light-yet-filling meal, that’s bursting with satisfying flavors and textures.
Eat by itself, or topped with shrimp or grilled chicken.
Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
Serves 5
Ingredients:
1/2 cup dry quinoa
1/3 cup red onion, chopped
1 orange, peeled and segments chopped
1 avocado, chopped
1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup pomegranate arils (about 1 pomegranate worth)
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
salt & pepper
For the Lemon Vinaigrette:
2 lemons, juiced (need 1/4 cup juice)
2 garlic cloves, microplaned or finely minced
dash of sweetener (agave nectar, stevia or white sugar)
salt & pepper
6 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
1. Cook quinoa according to package directions. Set aside to cool.
2. For the Lemon Vinaigrette: combine all ingredients in a jar with a tight fitting lid, and shake to combine. Or, add lemon juice, garlic, sweetener, salt and pepper into a small bowl and whisk in oil.
3. Combine cooled quinoa with red onion, orange segments, avocado, beans, pomegranate arils, corn, cilantro, salt and pepper. Pour Lemon Vinaigrette over the salad and stir to combine. Serve cold or at room temperature.
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SO delicious and so many healthy, tasty ingredients! Even my hubby who normally prefers processed, Velveeta-style dishes, loved it and wants it again. Success!
Since pomegranates aren’t available right now, I left those out. I will probably leave the out next time since it was so good without them and they are so much work to get all the seeds out.
Thanks for the recipe!
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I found this recipe on Pinterest and just made it tonight. This dish is so easy to make and full of flavor. I love it! Thanks for sharing
Made this last night – and was scarfed down by husband, 5 year old and 3 year old! I’m having leftovers for lunch now – thanks for the recipe! I subbed blueberries for the pom seeds (didn’t feel like the word of pom seeding!)
I had problems finding the pomegranate arils so substituted dried cranberries … worked well
This is a extremely tasty filling healthy salad!
This is really good! Thank you soooo much for sharing it!
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I’m SO glad I found this recipe via Pinterest. I made it for coworkers and it was a HIT! They said it was phenomenal.
I bought and cooked up some frozen shrimp scampi so that people could top their salads with the shrimp. I separated the tons of butter scampi sauce that was leftover, and some of us even spooned a bit onto our salads. Also, I couldn’t find pomegranates at my Vons so I used pomegranate-infused dried cranberries. Thank you for this recipe!
I made this yesterday, and it was so delicious – both last night and today for lunch. I thought I had quinoa in my cabinet, but didn’t so I substituted bulghur – 1 cup – and it worked out great! I will make this again.
Made this for dinner. I was so infatuated I called the neighbors to come over for a bowl. I did top it with the shrimp. It makes 5 large portions!
I finally had the chance to try this recipe today and it was incredible! My husband loves it so much that he is considering bringing some in for his coworkers. Thanks for sharing!
Question: Does anyone know what the nutritional information would be for this recipe? While I can calculate it myself, just wondered if anyone has it readily available. I can’t wait to make this tonight for my family. Yay to Pinterest for bringing me here!
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