Quinoa Salad with Apples
This vegetable-packed quinoa salad with apples is nutty, crunchy, and a little bit sweet! Roasted sweet potatoes are tucked into toasty quinoa along with crisp apples, arugula, red onions, and a tahini dressing.
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 cup quinoa rinsed
- 1 pound sweet potatoes , about 2 large, cut into ½″ cubes
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper , to taste
- 2 large apples, , diced (use Granny Mmith, fuji, Honeycrisp, etc.)
- 4 cups baby arugula
- ¼ cup flat leaf parsley optional
- ¼ of a medium red onion thinly sliced
- ¼ cup sunflower seeds
Dressing
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons tahini
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- Pinch of salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400℉.
- On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the sweet potatoes with the olive oil and hearty pinches of salt and pepper. Bake in the upper third of the oven for about 25 minutes until golden. Let cool.
- Put a drizzle of olive oil in a pot and add the quinoa; toast over moderate heat for two minutes. Add 1 ½ cups water and bring it to a boil. Turn the heat down to a simmer, cover, and cook for about 15-18 minutes until the liquid is absorbed. Fluff the quinoa and set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the cider vinegar, tahini, olive oil and pinch of salt and pepper. Add the cooled quinoa, sweet potatoes, apple, arugula, parsley onion, and sunflower seeds and toss everything to coat. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 512kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 9gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 18gSodium: 75mgPotassium: 810mgFiber: 9gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 16937IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 101mgIron: 3mg
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