Recipe: Tasty Warm Quinoa Salad

Warm Quinoa Salad.

You can cook Warm Quinoa Salad using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Warm Quinoa Salad

1. You need of salad/ first version.
2. It's 1 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
3. It's 1 1/2 cup of yellow onion, finely diced.
4. It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
5. You need 2 medium of red bell peppers, finely diced.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of celery, chopped.
7. You need 2 cup of water.
8. You need 1/4 tsp of white pepper.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
10. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of quinoa.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh parsley, chopped.
12. You need 10 of kalamatta olives, sliced.
13. You need of parmesan cheese, grated ( optional ).
14. It's of salad/ second version. Use the ingredients from above adding these too.
15. You need 1 lb of medium shrimp, cleaned and shelled.
16. You need 1 tsp of lemon zest.
17. You need 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice.

Warm Quinoa Salad instructions

1. In a deep skillet heat oil over medium heat..
2. Add onions, peppers and celery. Cook 4 minutes or until onions turn translucent..
3. Add in garlic, salt and pepper. Cook 1 minute..
4. Add in water and bring to a boil. Stir in quinoa and cover. Reduce heat to simmer and cook 15 minutes..
5. Place into a large serving bowl and mix in parsley and olives. Top each serving with grated cheese if you prefer..
6. Serve warm..
7. For version two. This is so easy to change up. You will cook the recipe in the exact same manner. Just toss in uncooked shrimp when water comes to a boil before adding in quinoa. Cover and simmer the same way. Same timing. Toss in lemon zest and juice when adding in parsley and olives..
8. Recipe by taylor68too..