Tomato Quinoa Salad

It's time to add another tasty quinoa recipe to our meal prep game! This Tomato Quinoa Salad is fast, flavorful, and easily made in advance for speedy lunches and sides for work, school, or home!

Feel free to double this recipe if needed, it's so easy to do!Cherry tomatoes are quite possibly the easiest thing I’ve ever grown.Whether it’s in the ground, a raised bed garden, or in neat little pots in a container garden… these tasty tomatoes grow anywhere!

This year we have 2 over-eager cherry tomato vines that we’re basically living off of right now. It’s clearly time to tomato ALLTHETHINGS on the blog and give you oodles of ideas for using up those ripe Summer tomatoes!

Let’s kick things off with this tomato quinoa salad! As written, it’s vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, and has the most amazing garlic lime dressing to amp up the flavor!

The recipe below yields 4 side-dish sized servings. Need to feed a crowd? Feel free to double or triple the recipe as needed to serve at your next party, potluck, or barbecue!

For this healthy tomato-studded recipe you can use cherry, grape, plum, heirloom, or any type of tomatoes you have handy. Whether they come from your garden, Farmer’s Market, or grocery store matters not. Just grab some ripe tomatoes and meet me in the kitchen!

TOMATO QUINOA SALAD

COURSE : SALAD, SIDE DISH

CUISINE : VEGAN

KEYWORD : TOMATO QUINOA SALAD

PREP TIME : 10 MINUTES

COOK TIME : 12 MINUTES

TOTAL TIME : 22 MINUTES

SERVINGS : 4 SERVINGS

CALORIES : 255 KCAL

AUTHOR : JENN LAUGHLIN - PEAS AND CRAYONS

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup dry quinoa
• 3/4 cup water
• 2-3 cups chopped/sliced tomato
• 15 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)
• 2 TBSP avocado oil
• 1 clove garlic (smashed and minced)
• 1 TBSP fresh chopped parsley
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• additional fresh chopped parsley to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Get the full instruction @peasandcrayons.com

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