So, who wants the most refreshing and satisfying salad EVER? 🙋♀️ This quinoa tabbouleh salad is easy to make for a quick healthy salad, main dish, or even a tasty side dish! The perfect spring and summer recipe to bring to a picnic. Try my quinoa tabbouleh salad recipe today.
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Quick Recipe Facts
⏱️ Ready In: 20 minutes.
👩🍳 Skill Level: Easy.
🍋 Flavor: Bright, lemony, herbaceous, and refreshing with crisp vegetables and nutty quinoa.
🌿 Diet: Naturally gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and vegetarian.
☀️ Best For: Spring and summer lunches, picnics, potlucks, weekly meal prep, and fresh side dishes.
🫙 Make Ahead: Refrigerate dressed leftovers for up to 3 days. For meal prep, store the salad and dressing separately for up to 1 week.
🌀 Harmony Moment: A colorful Mediterranean-inspired salad that brings fresh herbs, plant-based protein, and vibrant seasonal nourishment to the table.
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Why You'll Love This Gut Healthy Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe?
- Iron Rich - Delicious way to add more iron to your daily diet.
- Easy Meal Prep Recipe - Perfect side dish to make in bigger batches for weekly meal prep.
- Gluten-Free - Most tabbouleh recipes are made with bulgar wheat. However, this one is unique and made with naturally gluten-free quinoa instead.
This is the perfect nourishing salad recipe to make today.
❓ What is Tabbouleh?
Tabbouleh is an eastern Mediterranean dish traditionally made with cracked bulgar wheat and finely chopped parsley, tomatoes, onion, and mint, dressed with a tangy lemon-olive oil dressing.
Bulgar is cracked wheat that is super simple to cook. So, for my gluten-free friends, I used quinoa as a base here. Similarly in texture to bulgar wheat, but gluten-free and is a complete protein. 💪
Moreover, this fresh lemon dressing over the quinoa tabbouleh salad recipe is perfect for a hot summer day or even a main dish salad. The healthy fats in this quinoa tabbouleh come from the pumpkin seeds, and protein sources from the quinoa. As a result, a perfectly balanced healthy nutritious quinoa salad is made as a tasty tabbouleh.
🥗 Is Tabbouleh Salad Healthy?
Oh gosh yes. This salad is not only delicious, but also healthy. It is full of protein, healthy fats, and loads of fiber too.
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Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe (Gluten-Free)
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa (Rinsed well)
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 2 tablespoons lemon, juice
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large cucumber, English (Cut into ¼ inch pieces)
- 1 bell pepper, yellow (Chopped)
- ¼ cup pumpkin seeds (Pepitas)
- ½ onion, red (Chopped)
- 1 pint tomatoes (Cut in half)
- ⅔ cup parsley, fresh (Chopped)
- 1 pinch sea salt (To taste)
- 1 pinch black pepper, ground (To taste)
Instructions
- First, add water to a large pot and bring to boil. Once the water is boiling, add in the quinoa.
- Stir and reduce heat to simmer for 8 minutes for the quinoa to cook.
- While the quinoa is cooking, combine olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- In a serving bowl, add quinoa, cucumber, yellow bell pepper, tomatoes, red onion, parsley, and pepitas.
- Drizzle the dressing over top. Lastly, toss to combine the dressing with the salad. Enjoy this easy quinoa tabbouleh salad recipe tonight.
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❄️ Quinoa Salad Storage Tips
Store any delicious leftovers of this quinoa salad in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. However, if meal prepping for an upcoming picnic or gathering, it's best to keep salad and dressing separate if you want it to last up to a week.
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