Quinoa fruit salad | Glutenfreewhisk

 The month of March was salad month where I shared around 15 salad recipes for the whole month to welcome spring and enjoy salads in summer season. But this summer salad with fruits and quinoa is another high protein meal that is also rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber and it tastes amazing even when eaten cold. This can be enjoyed anytime of the day and during any season with your favorite and seasonal fruits of choice. I cannot believe it took me so long to try quinoa this way. A sweet salad that is rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber and protein.

Oil free meal ideas that can even be eaten as a healthy dessert if you love sweet after every meal. Or rather eat this as a dessert meal for dinner itself. Dinner and dessert sorted together. I am using peaches, mangoes, cherries, mosambi, and pomegranate. Pomegranate during this time of the year is not red in color as they usually are in winters. I got pale pink and white pomegranate seeds, but they were juicy and good to taste so I added them anyways. I absolutely loved this fresh, summery, sweet and crunchy salad and will not change an ingredient in this recipe and can have it on repeat as well. I am making the best sweet salad dressing with honey and mosambi juice here, but you can have a honey lime salad dressing instead if mosambi's are not available.

This is episode 32 in my summer recipe series, though you can enjoy this salad anytime of the year with seasonal fruits but these combination of summer fruits for this quinoa fruit salad is one of the best combinations out there. I am using a total of 5 fruits with my choice of seeds, and you can go crazy adding any fruit, seeds, nuts of choice here and enjoy.

Quinoa is not loved or liked by many because it has a slight taste to it and it has a bite to it. I personally like eating quinoa occasionally as quinoa porridge for breakfast and healthy quinoa salad bowl with so many options that I have already shared in my March salad series. For example, quinoa salad with chickpeas, quinoa salad bowl or beetroot quinoa wrap with tofu and veggies.

Trying having quinoa in these ways and see for yourself the change you will feel for it. This pseudo cereal is packed with protein, fiber and many essential nutrients that adding it to your diet in these nutrient deficient times where everything is adulterated from milk to paneer to even small things like spices seems plausible. If you are still not convinced, then try having quinoa as a dessert first with crunchy quinoa chocolate, maybe this will change your perspective towards quinoa.

I always use yoga bar quinoa which is clean, high in fiber and rich in protein. Also, the buy 1 get 1 offer is too tempting to ignore. I have been using both yogabar gluten-free rolled oats and yogabar quinoa and it has been the best decision I have taken in my gluten-free diet journey. These are good, clean and they clearly mention the gluten-free thing which is very difficult to find in many products still here in India.

If you are looking for some delicate and beautiful salad serving bowl then this Nestasia ceramic microwave and dishwash safe bowl is too beautiful and a must have.

INGREDIENTS -

Half a Mango, diced

1 medium Peach, diced

Half a cup pitted cherry

Half a cup quinoa, boiled

Half a cup pomegranate seeds

2 tbsp pumpkin seeds

2 tbsp melon seeds

1 tsp dried cranberries 

1 tsp dried black raisins 

For the dressing

Juice of 1 mosambi

1 tbsp honey 

1 tsp cinnamon powder 

For garnish

Extra pumpkin, melon, and pomegranate seeds with 1 whole cherry

METHOD -

1. In the bowl of boiled and cooled quinoa take all the fresh chopped fruits mentioned above. Then add pumpkin and melon seeds with dried cranberries and black raisins. Toss it all.

2. For the quinoa fruit salad dressing. Take juice of 1 fresh mosambi add honey and cinnamon powder to it and whisk. Pour this over the above quinoa fruit salad bowl and mix is well.

3. Garnish with more seeds like pomegranate, melon and pumpkin seeds and a whole cherry and indulge.

Note - For summer quinoa fruit salad I am using the above-mentioned fruits, but you can have it in any season and use seasonal fruits of choice. If mosambi is not available replace it with lemon juice and you will get the best honey lime quinoa fruit salad.

Check the full recipe on YouTube (Gluten_free_whisk) - Quinoa fruit salad recipe.

Quinoa fruit salad | Glutenfreewhisk