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Quinoa, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Salad with Honey- Curry Vinaigrette

December 26, 2010 by Renee

Our curried quinoa salad is a variation on this recipe from Jennifer of Savor the Thyme. She was motivated to try something new from My Spice Sage, Goji Berries , for her December Progressive Party submission to Kitchen Play.

While we did not happen to have any Goji berries today, we did have dried cranberries and they added that sweet, chewy texture along with  the other zesty ingredients to our quinoa salad.

Here’s our take on this very easy, yet very tasty dish that would be perfect served as a salad or as a cold side dish. The vinaigrette is delicious and would make an excellent marinade for chicken or seafood as well.

 

Quinoa:

1 cup cooked quinoa

½ cup fresh baby spinach leaves, chopped fine

¼ cup dried cranberries

¼ cup pine nuts, toasted

1 small apple, diced

Vinaigrette (Makes about 1 cup):

½ cup canola oil

4 tbs. red wine vinegar

1 tbs. honey

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 shallot, minced

½ lemon, zested

½ tsp. Dijon mustard

¼ tsp. garam masala

1 tsp. turmeric

salt and pepper to taste

¼ cup lettuce leaves of your choice (we prefer baby mesculn)

Combine the quinoa, chopped spinach, dried cranberries, pine nuts, and the apple.  Set aside.

Wisk together the ingredients for the vinaigrette until blended.

Combine the quinoa with the vinaigrette until it is well coated.

You can now serve it alone as a cold side dish, or top with lettuce and serve as a salad course.

 

 

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Filed Under: Eat, Featured Posts, Appetizers, Sauces, Dressings and Condiments Tagged With: Apple, Contest, Cranberry, Curry, Gluten Free, Kosher, Quinoa, Recipe, Salad, Vinaigrette, honey

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Comments

  1. Evan Thomas says

    December 27, 2010 at 7:54 am

    Sounds like a great quinoa recipe! I love all the Fall flavors. It must be so comforting and satisfying.

  2. France Morissette says

    December 27, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Thank you for posting. A great idea for updating one of my old favorites. We typically use dried apricots or fresh nectarines and a cumin and coriander dressing. I’ll definitely give this a try!

  3. Casey says

    December 28, 2010 at 10:15 am

    I have only recently added quinoa to my repertoire, so I was excited to see Jennifer’s use of it in this salad. And, like you, I usually have dried cranberries on hand, so I love your variation. Thanks for playing along and good luck!

    Best,
    Casey

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  1. Apple And Honey says:
    January 5, 2011 at 11:06 am

    […] Quinoa, Apple, and Dried Cranberry Salad with Honey- Curry … Here's our take on this very easy, yet very tasty curried quinoa salad that would be perfect served as a salad or as a cold side dish. The vinaigrette is delicious and would make an excellent marinade for chicken or seafood as well. […]

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