Strawberry Quinoa Salad
A healthy, filling salad tossed in a sweet and tangy balsamic vinaigrette, creating the perfect blend of flavors!
With the Super Bowl a couple of days away, I really should be posting game-day appetizers. But in anticipation of all the deep-fried goodies and buffalo chicken wings we’re all about to devour on Sunday, we should squeeze in a salad or two before the madness begins!
Now I’ve posted a lot of salads this year but I haven’t had a quinoa salad just yet. And realizing that I had a Costco-sized bag of quinoa just waiting to be used up, I could help but add it to this salad for a hearty, filling meal.
From the sweet strawberries to the fresh avocado to the crumbled goat cheese, this salad is packed with all sorts of goodies. And with the tangy, sweet balsamic vinaigrette, the flavor combination with the strawberries is absolute perfection!
Strawberry Quinoa Salad
Ingredients
- 6 cups baby spinach
- 2 cup strawberries, halved
- 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled and diced
- ½ cup cooked quinoa
- ¼ cup pecan halves
- ¼ cup crumbled goat cheese
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed
- 2 teaspoons Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar, or more, to taste Instructions
Instructions
- To make the vinaigrette, whisk together olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic and sugar in a small bowl; set aside.
- To assemble the salad, place spinach in a large bowl; top with strawberries, avocado, quinoa, pecans and goat cheese. Pour dressing on top of the salad and gently toss to combine.
- Serve immediately.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Imperial Sugar. All opinions expressed are my own.
Is this a warm or cold salad? Looks delicious! Thanks!
It can be served at room temperature.
This is quite good, except why on earth would you add sugar to salad. I made this WITHOUT the sugar because that is absolutely ridiculous to me. SALAD DOES NOT NEED SUGAR. Plus I used much less oil to cut down the calories.
If you don’t want to add sugar, you can simply omit – isn’t that the beauty of home cooking, nope@nope.com?
Oh this looks so goooooood. Sharing it tomorrow on our strawberry round up
I’m a personal trainer and always looking for new ways to make salads. This looks awesome!
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You can substitute the goat cheese with another kind of cheese? Thank You I will be trying this recipe…
Feel free to substitute your favorite kind of cheese.
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE RECIPE FOR THE STRAWBERRY QUINOA SALAD?
WHY DON’T SOMEBODY PUT IT ON THIS PAGE FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
BILL
BILL, THERE’S NO NEED TO BE SHOUTING! YOU CAN SIMPLY CLICK ON THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST TO OBTAIN THE RECIPE:
“You can get the full recipe here over at Imperial Sugar!”
Where is the recipe for Strawberry Quinoa? Thanks
Sandy, please refer to the bottom of the post: “You can get the full recipe here over at Imperial Sugar!”
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looking yummy…can’t wait to try this.. !!! 🙂
It’s finally getting warm and sunny, time to hit the salad bowl! :-)I love adding quinoa to salads, such a great way to make them more filling not to mention nutritious!
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What a fabulous salad!
Love the healthyness of this salad!! I totally want it to be warmer now so a bunch of berries are abundant!
Love the healthyness of this salad!! I totally want it to be warmer now so a bunch of berries are abundant!
This recipe reminds me of spring, a season I desperately long for. I’m all about eating a salad before all the Superbowl goodies.
Hi The recipe for this salad, I can’t actually find. Am I missing something?
Found it:)
Lovely. Craving fresh strawberries now 🙂
What a salad!! Strawberries and Quinoa are the perfect combination!!
This is so bright and vibrant! Just what I need today.