Steps to Make Quick Quinoa Citrus Salad

Quinoa Citrus Salad
Quinoa Citrus Salad

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, quinoa citrus salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Quinoa Citrus Salad is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Quinoa Citrus Salad is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have quinoa citrus salad using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
  1. Get Red / White Quinoa
  2. Get Water
  3. Get Extra virgin olive oil
  4. Take Large Limes
  5. Prepare Large Lemon
  6. Get Curly Parsley
  7. Prepare Green Onions
  8. Take Yellow Bell Pepper
  9. Prepare Red Bell Pepper
  10. Prepare Orange Bell Pepper
  11. Make ready Fat Free Feta Cheese
  12. Make ready Myzithra Cheese
  13. Get Salt
Instructions to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:
  1. Start by soaking your Quinoa for about 15-30 minutes. Then rinse it thoroughly. At least 5-6 times to get all the particulate out. Get all your ingredients out so you can prep them while your quinoa cooks then cools.
  2. Add quinoa to water and bring to a boil. Be sure to cover. Once its boiling turn down to simmer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes until all water is gone. You want it to be firm not mushy (it should have a little pop when you bite into it.). Then spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool.
  3. De-vein and small dice the bell peppers. Mince parsley, and slice the green onions.
  4. Zest the lemon and limes then juice. This can be done on the still warm quinoa.
  5. Shred and crumble cheeses.
  6. Make sure quinoa is cool, put in a large bowl then add olive oil, peppers, onions, parsley, cheeses. Mix together with a fork so as not to damage (mash) the quinoa. Salt to taste. Be careful not to over salt. Myzithra is a salty cheese.
  7. Eat as it is. Make lettuce wraps. Get creative and enjoy!

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