In the office, it must go quickly at lunchtime. The recipe "Quinoa salad vegan" is just right. We simply pack the salad in a jar.
When your tummy is rumbling, open the jar and your lunch is ready. How does this plan sound? Stunning, isn't it? 😊
It gets even better when you learn that quinoa salad is mega healthy. And of course delicious.
But there is one small catch: this vegan quinoa salad needs a little lead time in the evening. We put a whole lot of fresh vegetables in the jar.
If this is too much effort for you, you can also prepare the quinoa salad in a jar with fewer vegetables. But as always, the more colorful and varied, the healthier your quinoa salad.
This recipe is part of the collection "Fitness recipes". Where we hold especially healthy and protein recipes.
After the recipe, there are a few words about the ingredients. And, of course, why exactly this quinoa salad is so suitable for the office.
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This much in advance: the ingredients are real Metabolism and immune system booster. The quinoa salad will keep you full for a long time and can be prepared at home.
Since you don't have meat or dairy in the vegan quinoa salad, it doesn't matter if it's not chilled throughout. This is a great advantage, especially in summer.
Vegetable quinoa salad vegan
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Coconut milk
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Cup Quinoa
- 1/2 Cauliflower
- 1 TL Vegetable broth powder
- 1/2 Kohlrabi
- 1 Tomato
- 1/2 Cucumber
- 2 Apricots
- 5 Radish
- 1/2 Confederation Herbs (dill and parsley)
- 1 Handful green salad
- 2 Spring onions
- Walnuts
- 1 EL Coconut blossom sugar
Anleitung
- Wash the quinoa and bring it to a boil with coconut milk, water and vegetable broth. Let it simmer for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the cauliflower and grate it with a food processor. Put it aside.
- Chop kohlrabi, apricots, cucumber, radish, onion and tomato. Put everything in a bowl.
- Chop the herbs and add them to the vegetables.
- Pluck the green salad into small pieces.
- Add the cauliflower to the finished quinoa. Mix well and season with salt and pepper.
- Off with it into the glass. The first layer is the cauliflower quinoa salad.
- Now comes the vegetables and finally the green salad.
- On top come caramelized walnuts. For this, you put the nuts without oil in the pan. Roast them and then add 1 tablespoon of coconut blossom sugar. Stir well so that nothing burns. After one minute, the nuts should be ready.
- Now add the nuts to the salad. The dressing for your vegan quinoa salad consists of vinegar, oil and a little mustard. The dressing is added to the salad just before eating.
Notes
- 52.5 grams carbohydrates
- 14.9 gram protein
- 34.3 grams fat
Nährwerte
Put the recipe in the refrigerator overnight. And you are ready for the next working day.
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It is very difficult to prepare the recipe for only one person. This is because for a healthy and vegan quinoa salad you need relatively many different ingredients.
So maybe you just do a little for your favorite work colleague. She will be happy for sure :)
Ingredients for the quinoa salad vegan
Now so you know why this recipe is so good for the office, here's some more info on the ingredients.
Quinoa as a basis for the salad
Even the Incas knew about the positive effects of quinoa. More than 6000 years ago, it served as a staple food in the Andes. Today, it has also made it to our plates. And that's a good thing.
Quinoa is a real power grain that makes us full for a long time. It is rich in manganese, copper, vitamin B2 and iron, which is why it has a place in our List of iron-rich plant foods has found. Quinoa is one of the best vegetable protein sources in the world. The grain contains all nine essential amino acids that our body needs.
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Cauliflower in vegan quinoa salad
So you don't have to use so much quinoa, stretch it with cauliflower. This saves calories and brings a lot of healthy benefits to your vegan quinoa recipe.
Cauliflower you can rightly call superfood. The cauliflower florets provide protein. In addition, vitamin C, potassium, phosphorus, iron and folic acid.
Not a fan of cauliflower? That doesn't matter, because you're guaranteed not to taste it from the vegan quinoa salad.
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Vegetables in quinoa salad vegan
Of course, lots of vegetables are a must. We put kohlrabi, cucumbers, tomatoes and radishes in the salad.
All these vegetables provide you with important vitamins and nutrients. They also bring a wide variety of flavors to the glass. The more vegetables, the more calories you can save and the more healthy you eat.
Fresh herbs
Nothing works without herbs. In our quinoa salad recipe you'll find dill, parsley (which, by the way, has more vitamin C than lemons!) and chives.
Something sweet to finish
Even though a quinoa salad is vegan, it needs a crunchy finish, of course. But you don't have to use croutons for that. We caramelize nuts with Coconut blossom sugar*. And there are also a few pieces of apricots on top.
If you love cheese and don't want your quinoa salad to be vegan, you can add some feta or camembert. This tastes great!
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Our conclusion
The preparation takes a little time, but you will be rewarded several times over. Namely with mega taste and lots of vitamins. And even better: With such recipes you feel full, but never stuffed to the top. So the midday slump stays away!
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