Easiest Way to Make Quinoa Citrus Salad

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, quinoa citrus salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little 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’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Quinoa Citrus Salad is something that I have loved my whole life.

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

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Quinoa Citrus Salad:

1. Get 2 cup Red / White Quinoa
2. Get 2 cup Water
3. Make ready 4 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
4. Prepare 3 each Large Limes
5. Make ready 2 each Large Lemon
6. Get 1 bunch Curly Parsley
7. Make ready 1 bunch Green Onions
8. Get 1 each Yellow Bell Pepper
9. Get 1 each Red Bell Pepper
10. Get 1 each Orange Bell Pepper
11. Get 1/2 cup Fat Free Feta Cheese
12. Get 4 oz Myzithra Cheese
13. Take 1 Salt

Instructions

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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