Apple Almond Quinoa Salad with Maple Tahini Dressing
Great Recipe for Meal Planning
This recipe is a great 5-day workweek pack-and-go lunch, as it makes 5 servings. If you are planning to make it for lunch, I recommend leaving the dressing off until you are ready to have your salad. I portioned 2 tbsp of the dressing into 5 dressing containers to use at the time of my meal. You can mix the dressing into the quinoa, but the dressing soaked into the quinoa and made the salad a bit dry.
I hope you enjoy it! ~ Susan
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Apple & Almond Quinoa Salad with Maple Tahini Dressing
- Total Time: 40
Description
Overnight oats basic recipe.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup Quinoa Grain
- 2 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 large Apple, cored and diced
- 1 cup Celery, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup Cranberries
- 30 almonds Almond, Dry Roasted, Unblanched, Chopped
- 1 large Red Pepper, Sweet, Raw, diced
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, Ground
- 3 tbsp Hemp Hearts
- 1.00 servings SWEET TAHINI DRESSING
- 5 cup Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad mix
Instructions
- Rinse your quinoa in a fine mesh sieve. In a medium size pot, add water and quinoa, bring to a boil.
- Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove cover and let set 15 minutes, fluff with a fork.
- While quinoa is cooking, prepare your dressing by combining ingredients in a small bowl (I used my magic bullet).
- Mix well and set aside to let the flavors relax into each other. It should be thin enough to drizzle.
- (see Sweet Tahini Dressing Recipe below).
- Core and dice apples, top with lemon juice and toss gently (You can do this right on the cutting board to not dirty up another bowl).
- Prepare the remaining ingredients. Add the apples, celery, cranberries, almonds, and cinnamon to the quinoa, mix well.
- Taste for flavor adding more cinnamon if you like.
- Mix the sweet tahini dressing in to the salad. Serve on its own, or on 1 cup of Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad mix.
Notes
- This recipe is just a template…feel free to sub in unsweetened cranberries for the raisins.
- Opt to leave the celery or grapes out using just apples (or use any combo you like). Add in a grated carrot for more color. Add more cinnamon if you like. Try using pecans instead of almonds. Try serving it with some leafy greens.
- Have fun playing around with this making it your own.
- Store at room temperature if eating within a few hours or store in the refrigerator until ready.
- This recipe makes 5 cups and a bit (about 1/2 cup left over) of the Quinoa salad.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 15
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
Maple Tahini Dressing
- Total Time: 5
- Yield: 11 1x
Ingredients
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- 1/3 cup Sesame Butter, Tahini, From Roasted & Toasted Kernels
- 1/4 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Syrup, Maple
- 1/2 tsp Vinegar, Cider
Instructions
- Combine ingredients in a small bowl.
- Mix well and set aside to let the flavors relax into each other.
- Add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, to thin as needed.
- To thicken add more tahini. It should be thin enough to drizzle.
- Dressing serves four.
- Prep Time: 5
As mentioned in the recipe, you can eat this salad alone or serve it on top of lettuce.
I’ve been pairing this recipe with the Eat Smart Sweet Kale salad Kale and Cabbage mix from Costco.
Nutrition Facts
Salad only
Sweet Tahini Dressing dressing only
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