Recipe: Yummy Orange pistachio quinoa salad

Orange pistachio quinoa salad. This salad is made with a mix of quinoa, Basmati rice, apricots, pistachios, orange juice and arugula leaves. It serves a crowd and is great for entertaining along side chicken or fish. Note: Recipe has been adapted from Ottolenghi Red Rice and Quinoa Salad with Orange and Pistachios.

In this fluffy salad, Yotam Ottolenghi blends South American quinoa with nutty Camargue red rice from southern France. The salad gets a fruity sweetne. My favorite winter fruit is the perfect satsuma mandarin orange. To make Orange pistachio quinoa salad you need 12 ingredients and just 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

1. You need of water.
2. It's of quinoa rinsed in strainer.
3. You need of farro.
4. Prepare of chopped romaine.
5. Prepare of garbanzo beans drained.
6. You need of mandarin oranges drained.
7. Prepare of medium cucumber halved and sliced.
8. Prepare of shelled toasted pistachios.
9. You need of finely chopped onion.
10. Prepare of medium navel orange.
11. You need of olive oil.
12. It's of Salt and pepper to taste.

They have no seeds and they're very juicy and sweet and travel well. By this I mean that you can toss a couple of them in your bag and they won't make a mess of things. A nutritious, fresh, and flavorful citrus quinoa salad with clementine oranges, roasted pistachios, creamy avocado, and goat (or feta) cheese. Nutritious, fresh, and flavorful Citrus Quinoa Salad overflows with clementine oranges, roasted pistachios, creamy.

Orange pistachio quinoa salad step by step

1. Boil water, add quinoa and farro. Return to boil and then reduce heat to a simmer for 10-15 minutes until water is absorbed. Cool..
2. In a large bowl combine lettuce, beans, mandarin oranges,cucumber, onion, and cooled quinoa/ farro. In a small bowl add some finely grated zest from the orange and then squeeze juice from orange into bowl. Whisk in oil, salt and pepper. Add to salad and mix..
3. Add shelled pistachios to top of salad when serving. I like mine toasted..

Like this Cherry, Pistachio & Mint Quinoa Salad, Greek Quinoa Salad, Butternut Squash Quinoa Salad, or this tasty Grilled Peach, Corn & Zucchini Quinoa Salad. This easy, vegan Quinoa Salad recipe features juicy clementines, sweet cranberries, protein rich chickpeas, fresh mint & parsley. Beat the summer heat with quick and easy Chicken Salad with Orange-Pistachio Vinaigrette for dinner. Precooked quinoa and brown rice and rotisserie chicken jump starts this meal. It's also includes my favorite winter fruit: Satsuma mandarins.