Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad

By: Manjula Jain

Serving : 2 people
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Prep Time :10 minutes
Cook Time :15 minutes
Total Time :25 minutes

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5 from 1 vote

Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad

Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad just perfect for the start of Spring! This is a vibrant, fresh fruit salad with quinoa and homemade ginger and lemon dressing. It is the perfect go-to recipe if you are looking for something simple, light and refreshing in this warmer weather. The quinoa and fruit make it a healthy choice for those who want to eat clean. It also makes for a beautiful presentation, with the watermelon, mangoes, and avocado!

A vibrant and colorful Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad featuring mixed greens, quinoa, watermelon, mango, cucumber, and avocado.

Ingredients

  • 2 cup spring salad this is mix of several greens
  • 1/3 cup quinoa cooked quinoa is cooked just like rice
  • 1 cup watermelon cut into byte size cubes
  • 1 cup mango cut into byte size cubes
  • 1/2 cup cucumber cut into byte size cubes
  • 1/2 avocado cut in small pieces

For Dressing

  • 1 Tbsp vinegar I am using rice vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp ginger juice*

Instructions

  • For dressing: add all the dressing ingredients together mix it well making sure sugar is dissolved. Set aside. * To make ginger juice shred the ginger using fine shredder or zester and squeeze the juice with fingers.
  • Cook the quinoa like rice 1-part quinoa to 2 parts of water. After quinoa and water comes to boil reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until all the water has been absorbed, this will take about 12 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • In a salad bowl layered all the ingredients, spread the greens, watermelon, mango n cucumber, avocado sprinkle the quinoa and drizzle the salad dressing. 

Notes

Suggestions:  use your choice of fruits, salad measurements are just for suggestion,
Quinoa, can be prepared in advance, I make quinoa always extra and I use the quinoa with almost every salad I make.
Salad dressing also can be prepare in advance, this is very light dressing. I make this dressing in large quantity, I always have ready to use.
A vibrant and colorful Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad featuring mixed greens, quinoa, watermelon, mango, cucumber, and avocado.

Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad

Spring Quinoa Fruit Salad just perfect for the start of Spring! This is a vibrant, fresh fruit salad with quinoa and homemade ginger and lemon dressing. It is the perfect go-to recipe if you are looking for something simple, light and refreshing in this warmer weather. The quinoa and fruit make it a healthy choice for those who want to eat clean. It also makes for a beautiful presentation, with the watermelon, mangoes, and avocado!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 cup spring salad this is mix of several greens
  • 1/3 cup quinoa cooked quinoa is cooked just like rice
  • 1 cup watermelon cut into byte size cubes
  • 1 cup mango cut into byte size cubes
  • 1/2 cup cucumber cut into byte size cubes
  • 1/2 avocado cut in small pieces

For Dressing

  • 1 Tbsp vinegar I am using rice vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp ginger juice*

Instructions
 

  • For dressing: add all the dressing ingredients together mix it well making sure sugar is dissolved. Set aside. * To make ginger juice shred the ginger using fine shredder or zester and squeeze the juice with fingers.
  • Cook the quinoa like rice 1-part quinoa to 2 parts of water. After quinoa and water comes to boil reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until all the water has been absorbed, this will take about 12 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  • In a salad bowl layered all the ingredients, spread the greens, watermelon, mango n cucumber, avocado sprinkle the quinoa and drizzle the salad dressing. 

Notes

Suggestions:  use your choice of fruits, salad measurements are just for suggestion,
Quinoa, can be prepared in advance, I make quinoa always extra and I use the quinoa with almost every salad I make.
Salad dressing also can be prepare in advance, this is very light dressing. I make this dressing in large quantity, I always have ready to use.
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    Manjula Jain
    April 29, 2020 at 8:14 am

    Thank you

    Claudia
    June 27, 2019 at 12:12 am

    5 stars
    Love it. Keep up all the brilliant cooking.