How To Make Quinoa Salad with Spinach Grapefruit and Avocado
Relish a refreshing vegetarian meal with this quinoa salad tossed with avocados and spinach. It’s dressed with a vinaigrette made with grapefruit juice.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4ozbaby spinach
- 2ruby red grapefruits,peeled and fruit separated, reserve 3 slices
- 1haas avocados,diced
- 1cupquinoa,cooked ⅓ cup dry
For Citrus Vinaigrette:
- 1½tbspolive oil
- 1½tbspchampagne vinegar
- 2tbspshallots,chopped
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 3grapefruit juice,from reserved slices of grapefruit
Instructions
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Rinse quinoa well under cold water and cook according to package directions. Drain and let it cool.
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Peel the skin and white membrane off the grapefruit and separate the pieces.
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Reserve three grapefruit slices for the vinaigrette and squeeze the juice. Set aside.
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Cut up the remaining grapefruit into small pieces for the salad.
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In a medium bowl, whisk the olive oil, grapefruit juice (from 3 slices of grapefruit), vinegar, chopped shallots, salt, and pepper.
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In a large bowl, toss spinach, quinoa, avocado, grapefruit, and vinaigrette.
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Divide between four plates.
Nutrition
- Calories: 404.73kcal
- Fat: 15.48g
- Saturated Fat: 2.15g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.36g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.98g
- Carbohydrates: 60.84g
- Fiber: 9.55g
- Sugar: 22.71g
- Protein: 9.75g
- Sodium: 948.73mg
- Calcium: 102.57mg
- Potassium: 1078.64mg
- Iron: 3.60mg
- Vitamin A: 210.04µg
- Vitamin C: 107.63mg
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