Apple, Quinoa and Blue Cheese Salad
Let’s eat light tonight and make a wonderful salad. To make it perfectly balanced, we’ve filled it with all our favorite ingredients. The base ingredients are quinoa, apple, and avocado, set upon a bed of fresh salad. To give it a new and interesting flavor, we’ve prepared a strawberry-based dressing. It is quite a complex one, so we dearly invite you to try it.
Ingredients Needed for Apple, Quinoa and Blue Cheese Salad
For the salad dressing:
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon strawberry jam
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
½ teaspoon salt
For the salad:
1 ounce almonds
1 ounce pumpkin seeds
3.5 ounces of salad mix
2 tablespoons of dried cranberries
1 avocado, diced
5 ounces of cooked quinoa
1 apple, diced
1 ounce blue cheese, cubed
How to Make Apple, Quinoa and Blue Cheese Salad
- You can start with the dressing. Add all of the ingredients in a blender and blend them until smooth.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat, and add the almonds and pumpkin seeds.
- Add the salad in a large bowl along with the avocado, cooked quinoa (if you want a tip on how to cook quinoa, click here), and apple.
- Serve with the dressing and the blue cheese on top!
I don’t normally post on the recipes I find online but this was just so good! I’ve been craving blue cheese and also trying to eat more quinoa- this was perfect. Light but very satisfying. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Sarah! 🎈