Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mediterranean quinoa salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mediterranean Quinoa Salad is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mediterranean quinoa salad using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mediterranean Quinoa Salad:

1. Get 2 Cups Quinoa
2. Make ready 2 Cans Low Sodium Chicken Broth
3. Get 1 Cup Dry Lentils
4. Make ready 1 Can Low Sodium Chicken Broth
5. Make ready 1 Can Cannelli Beans, rinsed and drained
6. Prepare 1 Can Sliced Black Olives
7. Get 1 Pkg Grape Tomatoes, halved
8. Make ready 1 Large Onion diced
9. Take 2 Bell Peppers diced
10. Prepare 1 Tsp Garlic Powder
11. Get 2 Tsp Basil
12. Prepare 1 Tsp Salt
13. Prepare 1 Tsp Pepper
14. Take 1 Tbsp Oregano
15. Take 1 Tsp Granulated Sugar
16. Make ready 2 Tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
17. Make ready 1 Juice from Lemon
18. Take 2 Tbsp Water
19. Get 1 Tsp Dijon Mustard
20. Take 1 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Instructions to make Mediterranean Quinoa Salad:

1. Bring quinoa and chicken broth to a boil, then cover and simmer on low for 20 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. Bring lentils and chicken broth to a boil, partially cover with lid and reduce heat. Cook for 30 minutes or until tender. Set aside to cool.
3. In a large bowl, combine quinoa, lentils, cannelli beans, grape tomatoes, olives, onions, and peppers.
4. For Vinaigrette: In blender add garlic powder, basil, salt, pepper, oregano, sugar red wine vinegar, water, and dijon mustard. On low speed slowly add olive oil until mixed.
5. Pour vinaigrette over quinoa mix and mix well.

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