Quinoa salad with corn and peppers

Name: Quinoa salad with corn and peppers
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American,Canadian,French
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) uncooked quinoa; 0.125 pinch black pepper; 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 1 medium corn steamed, cooled and kernels removed; 0.5 medium sweet red pepper(s) diced; 0.5 medium yellow pepper(s) diced; 1.5 Tbsp orange zest; 0.333 cup(s) unsweetened orange juice freshly squeezed; 1 tsp canola oil; 0.125 tsp table salt or to taste; 2 Tbsp chopped almonds toasted

SmartPoints® value per serving

Total Time

32 min

Prep

17 min

Cook

15 min

Serves

Difficulty

Easy

If you've never had quinoa before, you'll love its versatility and the fact that it cooks in about half the amount of time as rice.

Ingredients

uncooked quinoa

1 cup(s)

black pepper

⅛ pinch

fresh lemon juice

2 Tbsp

corn

1 medium, steamed, cooled and kernels removed

sweet red pepper(s)

½ medium, diced

yellow pepper(s)

½ medium, diced

orange zest

1½ Tbsp

unsweetened orange juice

⅓ cup(s), freshly squeezed

canola oil

1 tsp

table salt

⅛ tsp, or to taste

chopped almonds

2 Tbsp, toasted

Instructions

Boil 2 cups of water over medium-high heat. Add quinoa and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes; cool to room temperature.
Stir lemon juice, corn, peppers, orange zest and juice, oil, salt and pepper into quinoa. Transfer to a serving bowl; sprinkle with almonds and serve. Yields about 3/4 cup per serving.

Quinoa salad with corn and peppers

Ingredients

Instructions

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