🍅Mediterranean Quinoa Chickpea Salad | Recipe


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Happy Saturday, Reader! ❄️
Today's recipe is...

​Mediterranean Quinoa Salad​

Craving a light, but super healthy and high-protein meal? This is it! The tasty Mediterranean flavors make this easy vegan salad an instant favorite!
​Servings: 4 Total time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup quinoa (cooked)
  • 1 can chickpeas
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes (quartered)
  • 10 olives (green, kalamata or black)
  • 1 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
  • 1/2 small purple onion
  • 1tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/3 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  • Cook the quinoa. (Instructions for cooking the best, fluffy quinoa are here in my green pea quinoa recipe.)
  • Open the can of chickpeas and rinse them. You can keep the liquid from the can and use it later as aquafaba, if you want.
  • Chop all the ingredients, including the cherry tomatoes, olives, onions, fresh basil leaves and any other optional ingredients you'd like to use.
  • Put everything in a bowl, then combine with the fresh lemon juice, olive oil, vinegars, salt and pepper.

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Happy cooking,
Mira

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