Roasted Vegetable & Quinoa Salad

Until probably a year ago I had never even heard of quinoa. {psst…If you still don’t know what quinoa is, don’t feel bad, just jump on over here to read more about it and then come back and check out this recipe! ;)} This Roasted Vegetable & Quinoa Salad is so simple and so delicious! Don’t let the quinoa, or not being able to pronounce the word quinoa scare you away. 😉

Seriously though, this Roasted Vegetable & Quinoa Salad makes a fantastic side dish for just about any meal, but even has enough protein to be a main dish!

Roasted Vegetable & Quinoa Salad

 

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Ingredients

• 1 cup quinoa
• 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
• ¼ cup finely diced onion
• salt & pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• Oven Roasted Vegetables
• and/or Roasted Garlic Asparagus
• ½ cup chopped parsley {optional}
• juice of 1 lemon {optional}

Instructions

1. Add quinoa, stock, onion, salt & pepper, and bay leaf to a small pot. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer until thoroughly cooked. Remove from heat, fluff with a fork and set aside.
2. Roast whatever vegetables you want according to the instructions in {this} recipe.
3. Add cooked quinoa, roasted veggies, parsley and lemon juice to a large bowl. Toss together and serve.
4. Enjoy!

Notes

{serving size = 1 cup - recipe makes 6 servings}

243 calories, 5.1g fiber, 8g protein

*Actual nutrition info may vary based on exact ingredients used. Full nutrition info listed on MyFitnessPal as FG8 Roasted Vegetable & Quinoa Salad.

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