Meatless Monday: Warm Quinoa Salad | Recipes, Entertaining ...

Happy Labor Day!

Just because it?s a holiday doesn?t mean we?re taking a break from Meatless Monday ? why should we? It?s my favorite day of the week!

For today?s installment, Season 4 Top Chef-testant Nikki Cascone has a great recipe:

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Warm Quinoa Salad
Serves 4
20-30 minutes cook time
Easy ?moderate

INGREDIENTS
2 cups Quinoa (red or regular)
1 large Shallot
2 Oranges
? lb sugar snap peas or green beans
1 cup Extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon
1 bunch cilantro
Salt & pepper
? cup canola oil (for saut?ing)
? honey or agave

• Cook Quinoa in boiling water (4 cups water to 1 cup Quinoa- al dente) strain and reserve warm,
  Season Quinoa with lemon, salt, pepper and olive oil.
  Cut Orange into segments and squeeze the remaining juice into a mixing bowl for vinaigrette.
  Drizzle in Olive oil, add sugar or honey, salt and pepper and whisk to emulsify vinaigrette. Taste for balance.
  Chop Shallot and add to Quinoa.
  Chop Cilantro add to Quinoa.
  Season Quinoa with lemon, salt, pepper and olive oil.
  Blanch sugar snap peas or beans for 1 minute making sure they remain crunchy. Julienne.
  Mix the peas and the citrus segments in with the seasoned quinoa.
  Add some of the vinaigrette into the quinoa and reserve the remainder to garnish the finished plate.
• Place some of the Warm Quinoa Salad on a plate. To finish drizzle some vinaigrette around the plate along with some fresh cilantro.

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Source: http://mygloss.com/yum/recipes/meatless-monday-warm-quinoa-salad/

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