Recipes

Black Bean Quinoa Salad

Ingredients

Salad
  • 1 cup red quinoa, rinsed and drained, cooked to package directions and cooled
  • coarse sea salt, to taste
  • 1 small mangos or one large, peeled, pitted and diced
  • 2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1/2 cup diced red onion
  • 1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced (about 1 cup)
  • 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
  • 10 Tbsp sunflower seeds (reserved until you are ready to serve)
• Dressing
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)
  • 1/4 cup apricot nectar
  • 2 jalapenos, seeded and minced
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

  1. In a large bowl add the quinoa through tomatoes and gently mix.
  2. In a small bowl whisk the dressing ingredients.
  3. Pour the dressing over the salad mix and toss.
  4. When ready to serve, top each serving with 1 Tbsp of sunflower seeds.