This delicious Watermelon Quinoa Salad is packed with nutritious benefits and is great f or Labor Day entertaining, summer parties and lunch boxes!
Course:
Dessert, Fruit, Main Dish, Salad, Side Dish, Smoothies
Cuisine:
American
Servings: 4servings
Ingredients
3 1/2cupschopped watermelon (to yield 1 1/2 cups watermelon juice)juice will be divided
1/2 cupquinoa
1cup shredded red beetsnot pickled
2cupsadditional chopped watermelon, 1/2” cubes
1/2cupfinely chopped red onions
1/2cupchopped green onions (bulbs and tops)
1/4cupsprouted watermelon seedsmay substitute sunflower or pumpkin seeds
1 teaspoonminced and seeded serrano or jalapeño chile
1teaspoonwhite wine vinegar
2dropsliquid stevia
1/4teaspoonkosher salt
1/4teaspooncoarsely ground black pepper
2tablespoonsolive oil
1 tablespoonchopped clantro
Instructions
Place watermelon in blender and blend for about 1 minute, or until flesh is broken down. Pour watermelon through fine mesh strainer, collecting juice in a glass measuring cup. Collect 1 ½ cups of watermelon juice, reserving 1 cup for quinoa and ½ cup for dressing.
Rise uncooked quinoa in fine mesh strainer and place in saucepan with 1 cup of watermelon juice. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer for approximately 15 minutes or until juice is absorbed. Pour cooked quinoa in bow and let cool in fridge for 30 minutes.
While quinoa is chilling, make dressing by adding ½ cup of reserved watermelon juice to bowl. Wisk in jalapeno, salt, pepper, stevia, olive oil and cilantro. Set aside.
Pull quinoa out of fridge. Add beets, red onion, green onion and spouted watermelon seeds to quinoa and toss with watermelon vinaigrette.