Quinoa and Vegetable Salad with Low Fat, Oil Free Citrus Dressing

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Quinoa Vegetable Salad with Citrus Dressing






Nutrient-packed quinoa salad topped with a delicious low-fat, oil-free citrus dill dressing.  This salad would make a delicious lunch or a light, refreshing dinner on a hot summer evening.  The The combination of fresh lemon and orange juice make a perfect citrus combination in this refreshing dressing and the dill adds a delicious flair of flavor!


We had a fun Memorial Day BBQ complete with grilled veggie burgers, corn, potato salad, watermelon and a delicious 7 layer bar dessert that unfortunately did not set up.  


It is so hard when you  make this delicious dessert only to take it out of the oven and realize that it did not firm up!!!  I was at my moms house dealing with very limited access to ingredients and of course the dessert has to be a complete flop!  It would have made a FABULOUS topping for some homemade vanilla ice cream though.


I made a delicious crust with gluten free graham crackers, pecans, turbinado and some earth balance.  Topped with with a delicious coconut, pecan, vanilla cream and chocolate chips.  It would have been the perfect dessert if I had had access to some silken tofu or cashews to help thicken up the coconut cream topping....  Oh well I guess you can't win every time.


I made these delicious veggie burgers with pinto beans, kidney beans, brown rice and a bunch of delicious flavors and so I decided to make it again for memorial day.  I added some potato starch to make sure they held together on the grill....BIG MISTAKE!  Don't change recipes on the day you are serving other people!  The potato starch made the veggie burgers gooey!  I tell  you I really succeeded in messing up the memorial day BBQ Royally!    However, we had  a great time and everyone enjoyed the day despite my culinary disasters. 


I hope you enjoy this delicious salad recipe as much as I did!



Quinoa Vegetable Salad with Citrusdressing
1 c. cookedquinoa3 leavesfresh basil chopped1 tomatodiced5 slicedolives1 tsp.capers1 c.broccoli1 c. spinach1 carrotsliced1 greenonion chopped1/2 bell pepper chopped
Dressing
3 Tb. lemonjuice1/3 c.orange juice3 Tb.cashews1 Tb. tamarior soy sauce1/3 c. applecider vinegar3 Tb. brownrice syrup or honey2 clovesgarlic1 Tb. drieddill1/4 c.soymilk or almond milk1/4 c. dicedpeeled zucchiniBlend untilcreamy.