Our building hours for October 11 are 5:30am to 4:00pm for Erev Yom Kippur. We are closed on October 12 for Yom Kippur. Wishing you and your families a meaningful Yom Kippur. G'mar Chatima Tova!

Green Goddess Quinoa Salad

Simple, healthy, and extremely adaptable to whatever veggies you have on hand, this recipe for Green Goddess Quinoa Salad may end up being a constant staple at your family meals. An added bonus is that the five-minute dressing will become your favourite sauce (read: dressing, marinade, dip, and spread)!

 

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 4 to 6 servings

 

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked quinoa
  • 2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
  • 2 cups spinach leaves
  • ½ cup (or more, to taste) Magic Green Sauce

 

Magic Green Sauce

  • 1 avocado
  • 1 cup packed parsley and cilantro leaves (combined)
  • 1 jalapeño, ribs and seeds removed
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • juice of one lime (or two – get lots of limey goodness in there!)
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup pistachios

 

Instructions

  1. Cook the quinoa in advance if you can – it tastes best when it’s had an hour to cool. For more flavour, cook it in vegetable broth.
  2. Magic Green Sauce: Pulse all ingredients – except pistachios – in a food processor until incorporated. Add pistachios and pulse until mostly smooth (depends on what consistency you want). Add additional water or oil to thin the sauce for use as a dressing or a marinade.
  3. Salad: Toss all ingredients together to combine.
  4. As mentioned, if the Magic Green Sauce is too thick to toss together with the other ingredients, just add a little water or oil to the bowl and it should toss together smoothly.

From pinchofyum.com