Recipe: Yummy Warm Quinoa Salad

Warm Quinoa Salad.

You can Cook Warm Quinoa Salad using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Warm Quinoa Salad

1. It's of salad/ first version.
2. What You needis 1 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
3. It's 1 1/2 cup of yellow onion, finely diced.
4. It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
5. It's 2 medium of red bell peppers, finely diced.
6. What You needis 1/2 cup of celery, chopped.
7. It's 2 cup of water.
8. What You needis 1/4 tsp of white pepper.
9. Lets Go Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
10. What You needis 1 1/2 cup of quinoa.
11. It's 1/2 cup of fresh parsley, chopped.
12. It's 10 of kalamatta olives, sliced.
13. Lets Go Prepare of parmesan cheese, grated ( optional ).
14. What You needis of salad/ second version. Use the ingredients from above adding these too.
15. It's 1 lb of medium shrimp, cleaned and shelled.
16. Lets Go Prepare 1 tsp of lemon zest.
17. It's 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice.

Warm Quinoa Salad instructions

1. In a deep skillet heat oil over medium heat..
2. Add onions, peppers and celery. Cook 4 minutes or until onions turn translucent..
3. Add in garlic, salt and pepper. Cook 1 minute..
4. Add in water and bring to a boil. Stir in quinoa and cover. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 15 minutes..
5. Place into a large serving bowl and mix in parsley and olives. Top each serving with grated cheese if you prefer..
6. Serve warm..
7. For version two. This is so easy to change up. You will cook the recipe in the exact same manner. Just toss in uncooked shrimp when water comes to a boil before adding in quinoa. Cover and simmer the same way. Same timing. Toss in lemon zest and juice when adding in parsley and olives..
8. Recipe by taylor68too..