Easiest Way to Prepare Favorite Warm Quinoa Salad

Warm Quinoa Salad.

Hey everyone, it's Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, warm quinoa salad. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Warm Quinoa Salad is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It's easy, it's fast, it tastes delicious. They're nice and they look wonderful. Warm Quinoa Salad is something which I've loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have warm quinoa salad using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Warm Quinoa Salad:

1. {Prepare of salad/ first version.
2. {Make ready 1 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
3. {Make ready 1 1/2 cup of yellow onion, finely diced.
4. {Take 2 clove of garlic, minced.
5. {Make ready 2 medium of red bell peppers, finely diced.
6. {Prepare 1/2 cup of celery, chopped.
7. {Get 2 cup of water.
8. {Get 1/4 tsp of white pepper.
9. {Make ready 1 tsp of salt.
10. {Prepare 1 1/2 cup of quinoa.
11. {Take 1/2 cup of fresh parsley, chopped.
12. {Make ready 10 of kalamatta olives, sliced.
13. {Prepare of parmesan cheese, grated ( optional ).
14. {Take of salad/ second version. Use the ingredients from above adding these too.
15. {Get 1 lb of medium shrimp, cleaned and shelled.
16. {Make ready 1 tsp of lemon zest.
17. {Take 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice.

Steps to make Warm Quinoa Salad:

1. In a deep skillet heat oil over medium heat..
2. Add onions, peppers and celery. Cook 4 minutes or until onions turn translucent..
3. Add in garlic, salt and pepper. Cook 1 minute..
4. Add in water and bring to a boil. Stir in quinoa and cover. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 15 minutes..
5. Place into a large serving bowl and mix in parsley and olives. Top each serving with grated cheese if you prefer..
6. Serve warm..
7. For version two. This is so easy to change up. You will cook the recipe in the exact same manner. Just toss in uncooked shrimp when water comes to a boil before adding in quinoa. Cover and simmer the same way. Same timing. Toss in lemon zest and juice when adding in parsley and olives..
8. Recipe by taylor68too..

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