SALADS

Greek Quinoa Salad

Greek Quinoa Salad

Recipe by thesal28_wpCourse: SALADSDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Cooking time

40

minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups cooked quinoa, cold

  • 5 oz Feta (I prefer Sheep’s Milk, but use what you like), crumbled

  • 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved

  • 1 1/2 cups cucumber, small dice

  • 1/4 cup diced red onion

  • 2 tbsp capers, drained

  • 1/2 cup Kalamata Olives, sliced

  • 1/4 cup fresh parsley, coarsely chopped

  • 1/4 cup fresh mint, coarsely chopped

  • 1/4 cup fresh dill, coarsely chopped

  • 1/2 cup (ish) Greek Salad Dressing, recipe below 

  • Kosher salt (to taste)

  • freshly cracked black pepper (to taste)

  • Greek Salad Dressing
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice 

  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar

  • 1/2 tbsp honey

  • 1/2 tbsp capers

  • 1 garlic clove

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 2/3 cup grapeseed oil

  • 1/2 tsp dried oregano 

  • 1/4 tsp black pepper 

  • 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt

Directions

  • Prepare Dressing: Using blender or food processor, blend together garlic, capers, honey, lemon juice, and red wine vinegar until garlic is chunky and capers finely chopped. With motor running, drizzle in grapeseed oil then olive oil.  Remove dressing from blender and stir in Kosher salt, black pepper, and oregano.
  • For Salad: Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and season to taste with Kosher salt and black pepper.