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Healthy Quinoa Salad (Vegan and Gluten Free)

August 19, 2014May 31, 2017 Melissa King 29 Comments

Healthy Quinoa Salad. Calling all quinoa lovers! You need to try this healthy salad recipe. I love quinoa. You probably guessed that already!

I have a lot of healthy quinoa recipes on my blog. This healthy salad is my latest recipe. Quinoa is a complete protein and that’s why it’s a great choice for vegans. Quinoa is also very versatile.

You can make quinoa salads, quinoa stir fries and even quinoa brownies! This healthy quinoa salad is very easy to make and it would be a great dish for potlucks!

Healthy Quinoa Salad

Not only is this quinoa salad healthy, it can be made in a matter if minutes! I always have a big batch of cooked quinoa in the fridge so I can create recipes like this on a whim. This healthy salad is vegan and gluten free as well.

Healthy Texas Caviar (Vegan)

August 11, 2014May 23, 2017 Melissa King 42 Comments

I live in Texas now, but did not grow up here. So I had never even heard of Healthy Texas Caviar until recently. Texas caviar is nothing like caviar at all. In fact, Texas caviar is a bean salad. You can also use chips to scoop it up like salsa. It’s very yummy!

This healthy salad could easily become a staple at summer parties! We all need more healthy salad recipes right? This is healthy salad is perfect for summer. You don’t even need to heat up your kitchen making it.

We used dried beans to make this recipe, but you can also use canned if you like. The measurements in the recipe are taken after the beans were soaked and cooked. I hope you enjoy this healthy recipe as much as we did.

Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette (Vegan)

June 29, 2014May 25, 2017 Melissa King 35 Comments

Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette. I made you a healthier lemon vinaigrette! I am a big fan of homemade salad dressings. Homemade salad dressings are so easy to make.

The best part is that you can control the ingredients! This lemon vinaigrette recipe will freshen up any summer salad, and takes only a few minutes to make!

If you like lemon recipes, you may also like this and this.

This homemade lemon vinaigrette recipe contains no processed sugars. I used a tiny bit of maple syrup to balance out the tartness of the lemon juice.

You could probably also use honey, but I used maple syrup to keep it vegan. 🙂 If you like homemade dressing recipes, then you may also like this post.

Thai Noodle Salad

June 25, 2014 Melissa King 26 Comments

Love this Thai noodle salad! I needed to use up a few things in my fridge, so to do that I made this Thai noodle salad. It’s super yummy, raw and very nutritious! Vegetables are most nutritious in their raw state. I used my spiralizer to make this Thai noodle salad. I just love that thing! This healthy salad is also grain free. I used zucchini for the “noodles.” If you like this, you may also like my zucchini pasta with avocado pesto.

I used my Thai Peanut Sauce for the dressing. I was out of peanut butter, so I used almond butter and it worked out great. I highly recommend keeping the vegetables and the dressing separate until you are ready to eat the salad. Spiralized vegetables can release moisture making the dressing too thin and soupy.

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad (Vegan, Gluten Free)

June 14, 2014July 15, 2018 Melissa King 18 Comments

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad. If you have been following this blog a while, you have probably heard me mention that my mother in law is from Turkey. I have several of her recipes on my blog including my super easy bean salad and my red lentil soup.

Tabouleh salad is another thing she makes often. Traditionally, tabbouleh salad recipes are made with bulgur. Bulgur is not gluten free though. I wanted to keep my tabbouleh salad gluten free, so I used quinoa instead.

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad

This tabbouleh salad is super simple to make and it will keep you full for a long time. This tabbouleh salad recipe is also very adaptable to add in whatever other veggies you may like.

You can eat this on it’s own, or mix in a wrap with some greens and hummus. Yum!

Healthy Southwestern Salad (Vegan)

June 4, 2014February 27, 2018 Melissa King 15 Comments

This Healthy Southwestern Salad is the perfect thing on these hot Texas days here! I am all about cold salads in the summer, and this newest salad recipe is no exception. It’s super good and refreshing.

This healthy southwestern salad is also very easy and inexpensive to make. If you love salads as well, you might want to check out this post.

Healthy Southwestern Salad

In my world, everything is better with avocado. Don’t you agree? I just love the creaminess avocado adds to salads. Yum! I hope you enjoy this salad as much as I did. It would be a great dish to take to a backyard party.