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Whew! After a Super Bowl Sunday full of great friends, great laughs, and um…all of my favorite not-so-healthy processed dips and chips…thought it would be good to begin the week on a healthier note!
So gathered all of these yummy, colorful veggies to create this delicious quinoa salad. I saw a photo of the recipe on a blog months ago and could not get over how gorgeous it was! Love the colors, love the fresh, light ingredients, and love how simple it is to make!! The chipotle-lime dressing was an especially delightful finish.
So if you’re looking for a bright, fresh recipe to fend off the winter blues…or just a fabulous meal yearround…would highly recommend this one!
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- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 -3 servings 1x
Description
You’ll love this yummy Corn & Black Bean Quinoa Salad Recipe! So easy and quick to prepare, and makes for an incredibly beautiful and delicious meal!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup red quinoa
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup black beans (or 1 (15 oz.) can, drained)
- 1 ear corn, grilled and kernels cut from cob (or 1 (15.25 oz.) can, drained)
- 1/2 red pepper, diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper, diced
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 chipotle in adobo sauce, minced (or 1/2 tsp. chipotle powder)
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 2 tsp. hot sauce (optional)
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Simmer the quinoa in the water until the water is absorbed, about 20 minutes.
- Mix the quinoa, black beans, corn, red pepper, jalapeno, green onion, and cilantro in a large bowl.
- Mix the oil, lime juice, chipotle in adobo sauce, cumin, hot sauce (optional), salt and pepper in a small bowl.
- Toss the salad in the dressing, and serve.
Notes
Recipe adapted from Closet Cooking
Ali’s Tip:
Feel free to use this recipe as a base for other salads! In place of the quinoa, you could easily insert some other whole grains, lettuce, rice, or pasta. :)
posted on February 8, 2010 by Ali
Main Dishes, Salads
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13 comments on “Corn & Black Bean Quinoa Salad”
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The Nervous Cook — February 8, 2010 @ 9:55 pm Reply
Oh my goodness, I want to wear a dress that is basically all the colors of this salad. It’s gorgeous!
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wic — February 9, 2010 @ 12:56 am Reply
this looks absolutely stunning. I will have to make it. I want to make it. wow its so pretty.
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Lisa — February 9, 2010 @ 12:07 pm Reply
I’ve made something similar to this for awhile but use barley instead of quinoa. It is my favorite summer time salad – just love all the bright colors and it just tastea so fresh & healthy!
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Erica — February 9, 2010 @ 1:22 pm Reply
This looks delicious! I just bought a huge bag of organic quinoa from Costco. Although the quinoa I purchased isn’t red….will that make a big difference in the recipe?
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Misty — February 9, 2010 @ 2:22 pm Reply
Gorgeous! How can you not feel great after eating something so colorful and refreshing?
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Erica — February 9, 2010 @ 2:33 pm Reply
I just finished making this and OMWord it’s fantastic!!!!
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grace — February 10, 2010 @ 11:33 am Reply
that’s one heaping pile of deliciousness, ali. i love it.
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Kevin — February 13, 2010 @ 11:11 am Reply
Your salad looks amazing! This s one of my favorites. It is so quick and easy and nice and tasty and healthy.
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Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction — February 13, 2010 @ 10:24 pm Reply
This salad looks wonderful. I have been thinking about trying some new quinoa recipes, and I also have some corn in my freezer from last summer that I need to use up. I’m bookmarking this one to give it a try!
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Nat — April 5, 2010 @ 5:55 pm Reply
Light and refreshing salad that has become one of our favorites! I just made it again today. Wonderful!
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Josiah Griswell — February 12, 2012 @ 3:18 pm Reply
Awesome read. I just passed this onto a buddy who was doing some research on that. He actually bought me lunch as I found it for him! Thus let me rephrase: Thanx for lunch!
