Best Spinach And Feta Quinoa Salad Recipes

SPINACH, TOMATO, AND FETA QUINOA SALAD

Spinach, Tomato, and Feta Quinoa Salad image

A quick and healthy side dish alternative to rice and pasta. It will make a quinoa-lover out of anyone. Thanks to the salty feta and sweet Campari tomatoes, my kids even like it!

Provided by suzyk

Categories Salad Grains Quinoa Salad Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

2 cups water
1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
1 cup multi-colored quinoa
2 cups roughly chopped spinach
3 tablespoons almond oil
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
3 on-the-vine tomatoes (such as Campari®), diced
½ cup crumbled feta cheese, divided
freshly ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Bring water and bouillon to a boil in a saucepan. Add quinoa, reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Transfer quinoa to a bowl and cool slightly, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir spinach into quinoa and refrigerate until completely cooled, at least 30 minutes.
Whisk almond oil, olive oil, vinegar, thyme, basil, garlic, and salt together in a bowl until dressing is smooth.
Stir tomatoes, 1/2 of the feta cheese, and dressing into cooled quinoa until evenly coated; top with remaining feta cheese and ground black pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 387.7 calories, Carbohydrate 34.6 g, Cholesterol 16.8 mg, Fat 23.9 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 10.3 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 446.2 mg, Sugar 3.9 g

QUINOA, SPINACH, AND FETA SALAD

QUINOA, SPINACH, AND FETA SALAD image

Categories Salad Side Quick & Easy

Yield serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 cup quinoa
1 can chicken or vegetable stock
6 oz. baby spinach, chiffonade
1/2 cup feta cheese
3 scallions, thinly sliced
1/2 english cucumber, sliced in thin half-moons
dressing:
juice of 1 lemon and zest
3 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

1. lightly roast quinoa in a skillet until aromatic. 2. bring stock to boil and add quinoa. cook over low heat for 18-20 minutes 3. whisk oil into lemon juice and zest. add salt and pepper to taste. 4. add scallions, cucumber, and spinach to large bowl, toss with dressing. add quinoa while still a bit warm. 5. add crumbled feta cheese and then refrigerate before serving.

SPINACH AND FETA QUINOA SALAD

Spinach and Feta Quinoa Salad image

All the lovely flavours of spanakopita in a healthful quinoa salad that is pretty easy to make - once you have everything in the pot you can pretty much just sit back and wait for it to finish cooking. The spinach and feta flavour combination works really well in the quinoa salad and the one thing that I like the most, outside of the flavour, is how light and fresh the quinoa salad seems.

Provided by Lizzymommy

Categories Spinach

Time 35m

Yield 2-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small onion (chopped)
2 garlic cloves (chopped)
1 bunch spinach (roughly chopped)
1 cup quinoa
2 cups vegetable broth (or chicken broth or water)
1/4 cup parsley (chopped)
1/4 cup dill (chopped)
salt and pepper
1 lemon (juice and zest)
1/4 cup feta (crumbled)

Steps:

Heat the oil in a pan.
Add the onion and saute until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
Add the spinach and cook until it wilts.
Add the quinoa, vegetable broth, parsley, dill and season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, cover and simmer until the quinoa is tender, about 20 minutes.
Remove from heat and hit it with a splash lemon juice and mix in the feta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 491.1, Fat 16.8, SaturatedFat 4.5, Cholesterol 16.7, Sodium 355.3, Carbohydrate 69, Fiber 11.4, Sugar 3.8, Protein 20.7