Quinoa Recipe: Vegan Mango Quinoa Salad

Quick, Easy Salad Anticipates Summer, Takes Our Minds Off January!

Any time of year, Mango Quinoa Salad is a great light main dish recipe, because quinoa is such a nourishing food, and mangos are ambrosia.

Contributed by Nicki Goff. Thank you!

Total Prep And Cook Time: 30 Minutes

4 servings

Nutrition Data Per 177g Serving: 334 cal, 41g carb, 16g fat, 152mg sodium, 5g fiber, 10g protein, low Cholesterol, good source Magnesium & Manganese. Estimated glycemic load 19

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Salad Ingredients:

• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups cold water
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 ripe mango, peeled and chopped
• OR: 1/2 cup dried mango slices, soaked overnight, then cut in 1/2 inch dice
• 1/4 cup blanched slivered or sliced almonds
• 2 Tbsp roasted pumpkin seeds
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled and diced

Dressing Ingredients:

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• Juice of 1 lime
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Wash quinoa and boil in water for 10 minutes
2. Cover and let quinoa sit until it absorbs all the water
3. Fluff quinoa with a fork and let it cool to room temperature
4. Peel the mango and cut into cubes
5. Peel and slice the cucumber thinly
6. Add cucumber to mango along with the almonds and pumpkin seeds
7. Add the cooled quinoa to the mango mixture, pour the dressing over the salad, and toss

8. Serve immediately, or cover and chill
9. Dressing:
10. Heat turmeric in 1 tsp oil in a small pan on med-low for 30 - 60 seconds, then set aside to cool
11. Add the lime juice to the oil & turmeric
12. Mix in olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper with a whisk or a fork

Cooking Tips:

When we tested Nicki's quinoa salad recipe, mangos were out of season, so we used dried mango and soaked it overnight. This worked very well! Maybe even better than ripe mangos.

We made one other change to the recipe - deleting the ghee - making this a vegan quinoa recipe.

Comments Or Questions About Mango Quinoa Salad:

My daughter-in-law brought this salad for a week-end on my sailboat and I found it absolutely delicious! So, I am now going to try it to impress my future guests for an enttré. I'm sure it will go over big! - Normande B.

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