How To Make Black Bean Quinoa Salad
Quinoa provides an additional texture and protein content for this black bean-based quinoa salad. It’s a flavorful and easy-to-make entree or side dish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupuncooked quinoa
- 2cupswater or broth
- 2Roma tomatoes,diced
- 1ripeavocado,diced
- 15ozblack beans
- 12ozcorn
- 1bell pepper,diced
- ¼cupgreen onion,diced
- 1jalapeno pepper,seeded and diced
- ⅓cupcilantro,chopped
For Dressing:
- ¼cupvegetable oil
- 1½tbsplime juice
- 1tspsugar
- 1tspcumin
- ¼tspgarlic powder
- ½tbspred wine vinegar
- ⅛tspsalt
- ¼tsppepper
Instructions
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Cook quinoa according to package directions and allow to cool.
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Combine quinoa, tomatoes, avocado, black beans, corn, bell pepper, green onion, jalapeno and cilantro in a large bowl.
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In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients and mix well. Pour over vegetables and toss to coat. Add quinoa and combine.
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Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 411.64kcal
- Fat: 13.46g
- Saturated Fat: 1.49g
- Trans Fat: 0.06g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.92g
- Carbohydrates: 59.76g
- Fiber: 12.98g
- Sugar: 5.72g
- Protein: 16.83g
- Sodium: 53.45mg
- Calcium: 89.92mg
- Potassium: 1239.98mg
- Iron: 4.36mg
- Vitamin A: 40.67µg
- Vitamin C: 30.26mg
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