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Thai Style Quinoa Salad

[heart_this] · Jun 27, 2022 · 6 Comments

Thai Style Quinoa Salad

A Thai inspired quinoa salad filled with crunchy veggies, in a tasty peanut dressing!

Summer is the season for salads and this cool and crunchy Thai style is perfect for hot days! This salad features plenty of crunchy vegetables including shredded cabbage, sliced cucumbers, carrots, and bell peppers along with chopped cashews and/or peanuts! I enjoy using quinoa in salads and it works particularly well in this one. One of my favourite things about this salad is all of the bright colours and the use of black quinoa adds plenty of contrast! The final component of any salad is the dressing and a tasty Thai peanut dressing is simply amazing here. One nice addition to this salad is crunchy wasabi peas that add a nice kick!

Thai Style Quinoa Salad

Thai Style Quinoa Salad

Thai Style Quinoa Salad

Thai Style Quinoa Salad

Thai Style Quinoa Salad
Thai Style Quinoa Salad

Thai Style Quinoa Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 6

A Thai inspired quinoa salad filled with crunchy veggies, in a tasty peanut dressing!

ingredients
  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 2 cups water (or coconut milk or broth)
  • 2 cups red cabbage, sliced
  • 1 cup carrot, shredded
  • 1 cup cucumber, sliced
  • 1 cup red pepper, sliced
  • 1/2 cup cashews (or peanuts), roasted and coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup green onions, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 cup peanut sauce
  • 1/2 cup wasabi peas (optional)
directions
  1. Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a medium saucepan, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes before turning off the heat and letting it sit, covered, for 5 minutes.
  2. Let the quinoa cool to room temperature.
  3. Mix the quinoa, cabbage, cucumber, pepper, cashews, green onions, cilantro and dressing, and enjoy topped with wasabi peas.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 275, Fat 13g (Saturated 1g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 0, Sodium 33mg, Carbs 31g (Fiber 5g, Sugars 5g), Protein 10g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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Comments

  1. Ann says

    June 27, 2022 at 6:29 pm

    looks so good. Wish it had another sauce besides the peanut sauce (can’t have peanuts) wonder if it would be good with some sort of vinegar dressing

    Reply
    • kevin says

      July 4, 2022 at 10:22 am

      You can use another dressing! If you can have sesame seeds, you could replace the peanut butter in the dressings with tahini. You can find some more of my dressings here: Dressing Recipes; I would suggest an avocado based dressing but many will work well with this salad!

      Reply
  2. Carole Ann Busick says

    June 28, 2022 at 12:36 am

    I have never used peanut sauce. Is this the dressing

    Reply

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