Quinoa Fruit Salad with Mint

Cold and refreshing Quinoa Fruit Salad is refreshing and filling, with fresh strawberries, raspberries and peaches, honey and bright mint.

This was so easy to whip together and it was done quickly after a workout.

Ingredients

• Quinoa
• Water
• Salt
• Fresh Fruit
• Blueberries
• Blackberries
• Raspberries
• Peach 
• Basil or Mint
• Lime Juice
• Honey

Instructions

1. In a small pot, boil the quinoa and water together and then simmer for about 15 minutes until water has evaporated. Fluff with fork and allow to cook to room temperature.
2. Whisk together the lime juice and honey in a bowl until well incorporated.
3. In the same bowl, add your fruit and cooked quinoa and stir well.
4. Chill quinoa salad for at least 1 hour, then garnish with fresh mint.

Quinoa Fruit Salad

Samantha Ferraro

LittleFerraroKitchen.com

Cold and refreshing Quinoa Fruit Salad is refreshing and filling, with fresh strawberries, raspberries and peaches, honey and bright mint.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Chilling 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Course Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 4 servings

Calories 115 kcal

Ingredients

 

US CustomaryMetric

 

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• ▢ ½ c quinoa
• ▢ 1 c water
• ▢ Pinch salt
• ▢ Mixture of fresh Fruit:
• ▢ Blueberries
• ▢ Blackberries
• ▢ Raspberries
• ▢ Peach cut into cubes
• ▢ Fresh basil or mint leaves chopped
• ▢ Dressing!
• ▢ 1 lime juiced
• ▢ 2 Tb honey

Instructions

 

• In a small pot, boil the quinoa and water together and then simmer for about 15 minutes until water has evaporated. Fluff with fork and allow to cook to room temperature.
• Whisk together the lime juice and honey in a bowl until well incorporated.
• In the same bowl, add your fruit and cooked quinoa and stir well
• Chill quinoa salad for at least 1 hour, then garnish with fresh mint.

Notes

Recipe inspired by Two Peas and Their Pod

Nutrition

Calories: 115kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 3gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 2gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 11IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg

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