This recipe is amazing!!! I would give it 10 stars if I could. I cook my quinoa in chicken broth because I think it gives more flavor,but there are so many amazing flavors in this salad that it would probably be fine just in water.
I added 1/4 teaspoon salt to boiling water. I also used 1 cup chopped cilantro 1 cup chopped walnuts unread of almonds and 1 1/2 chopped garlic clove. I used 1/4 cup lime juice and no onions. It was superb. My neighbors loved it too!
Whoever came up with this combination of ingredients is pure genius. I halved the recipe to try it and now I wish I would have made the whole recipe. This is a flavor explosion in your mouth. Every bite tastes different. Next time, I'm going to add more almonds and craisins. Paired this with the "pretty chicken" also from this site.
Thank you - delicious! Served this at a party and everyone wanted the recipe. I have one suggestion for those who find that quinoa can be bitter - soak the uncooked quinoa in cold water for 10 minutes rinse thoroughly in cold water and then cook. Should take about 10 minutes to cook and no biiter flavour!
Oh dear Lord! This was the best meal I ever made!!!! I never write comments on here but I am so inspired. OK I made a couple changes because I had already thawed some salmon fillets and wanted a one dish meal. I made the recipe almost as called for except I cooked the quinoa in chicken broth I added a bag of fresh spinach at the end a bit of low fat feta and crumbled the cooked salmon on top. I also added a bit of olive oil while I mixed it all together. Seriously like something you'd get at a five star restaurant. I will make this again and again especially when I want to make a good impression.
I think for 5 stars no adjustments should have to be made but with my adjustment it turned out to be a very nice salad. I agree that the salad was pretty dry (is it supposed to be? I've not had quinoa before like this - and just learned tonight that quinoa is a seed not a grain); but with the addition of at least 1/4 cup Newman's Own Light Lime salad dressing it was much improved. TIP - in case you are short of time: I read the instructions and knew the quinoa had to be chilled before adding the veggies. However it took much longer to chill than I expected. So I put it in my medium aluminum bowl filled my large aluminum bowl with ice water put the medium bowl into the large bowl and stirred the quinoa until it seemed cool enough to mix everything else into it.
Liked this very much. I did drizzle it with some olive oil and used cumin not curry. Also used walnuts as I didn't have almonds.
I made this and all my children ate it up. Both my husband and I agree the cilantro taste was too strong so in the future I will use less cilantro. Other then that it was easy and tasteful.
Served this at a lunch for 70 and everyone loved it. Not one little bit left over. Would not change a thing.
