Looking for a delicious, healthy, easy, budget-friendly meal? Look no further than this warm greens quinoa salad. 

This comforting and filling warm salad bowl combines some of my favourite green veggies (broccoli, zucchini, and green beans) with colorful quinoa and an irresistibly tasty creamy dressing.

This is a great addition to any bring-and-share, but also makes a great feel good weekday meal, and is perfect for meal prepping.

Though the main ingredients of the salad are pretty simple, the dressing adds an extra spark that makes you want to shovel every last little grain of quinoa into your mouth!

How to Make the Warm Greens Quinoa Salad

What makes this salad cool is that it’s pretty much done in the time you can get your quinoa cooked.

Which quinoa you use doesn’t really matter — I used a colorful trio mixture, but any colour is fine (we don’t discriminate here). Start by adding the quinoa to the boiling water, and cook for about 20-25 minutes, until softened and all the water is absorbed. Or, better yet, follow the package instructions on your quinoa — it may be a bit different.

Whilst that’s boiling away, you can get the rest of the cooking done. Heat up the olive oil over medium-high heat in a medium-sized pan, then sauté the green beans, zucchini, and broccoli until tender and browned. Sautéing instead of steaming the veggies ensures they stay crunchy while getting a bit of a nutty taste from the browning.

Now, whilst your hob does all the heavy work, it’s time to make the dressing. Simply stir together the spring onion, mustard, honey, lemon juice, dill, salt, and pepper. Then, add in the final touch which just makes the creamy dressing…the cream.

To serve the quinoa salad, divide the cooked quinoa and veggies between 2-3 bowls and pour over your desired quantity of dressing. To mix or not to mix, I leave that question to you.

Optionally, you can also mix everything together in a large bowl if you want to serve this warm greens quinoa salad as a side dish.

Since this salad keeps well in the fridge for a few days (sauce stored separately), you can totally make it ahead for an event, or use it for meal prepping.

P.S. If you try this salad and love it, maybe you’ll also like these red lentil and quinoa patties.

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Warm Greens Quinoa Salad with Creamy Dressing

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Side Dish or Light Meal

By Lisha Lovely – Serves: 2-3

Prep Time: 5 minutes – Cooking Time: 25 minutes – Total Time: 30 minutes

A comforting warm salad that is quick to whip up and incredibly delicious. This warm greens quinoa salad is the perfect healthy midweek dinner.

Ingredients

• ½ cup quinoa
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 100g green beans, roughly chopped
• 1 large zucchini, roughly chopped
• 1 cup broccoli florets
• Dressing
• 1 small spring onion, finely chopped
• 1 tsp mustard
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• ¼ tsp dried dill
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• ¼ cup cream

Instructions

1

Boil the quinoa in the water for about 20-25 minutes, until softened and all the water is absorbed. Or, better yet, follow the package instructions on your quinoa.

2

In the meantime, heat up the olive oil over medium-high heat, then sauté the green beans, zucchini, and broccoli until tender and browned, about 15-20 minutes.

3

To make the dressing, stir together the spring onion, mustard, honey, lemon juice, dill, salt, and pepper. Lastly, stir in the cream.

4

To serve, divide the cooked quinoa and veggies between 2-3 bowls and pour over your desired quantity of dressing. Optionally, you can also mix everything together in a large bowl.