Mango Quinoa Salad

I wanted to post this recipe before memorial weekend, but it got deleted by accident. This recipe is tasty as a main dish or a side and comes from Our Best Bites. Plus, it's super healthy and you can add grilled chicken or a side of salmon to make it more of a main dish.

Ingredients-

2 cups cooked quinoa at room temperature, or chilled (I used chicken broth to cook my quinoa and it gave a nice flavor)
1 14 oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 medium mango, peeled and diced
1 red bell pepper, diced

4 green onions, thinly sliced
1 handful chopped cilantro (about 1/2 cup)
Dressing-

4 tablespoon red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1-2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
kosher salt
freshly cracked black pepper

Place cooked quinoa in a large bowl.  Add mango,

red pepper, green onion, black beans, and cilantro.

This dish has amazing presentation with all the bright colors. Perfect for summer!

In a small bowl combine vinegar, olive oil, and lime juice.  Whisk until smooth and pour on top of salad.  Toss to combine, add salt and pepper to taste. 

Chill for at least one hour before serving. You'll be the hit of the party if you bring this. Enjoy!

Recipe Index & Mexican Ground Turkey Quinoa Skillet

Pool season has officially started! We had a fun neighborhood opening party Saturday where David's parents DJ'ed the event and fun was had by all. Our 90 + degree weather made for a great start to pool season. I wanted to share a new feature that I added to the blog. Take a look on the right side, I made a recipe index so that you can easily sort the recipes. I had about 70 recipes that you would just have to load older pages until you found the one you were looking for. I have listed recipes by categories so that you can find them faster. Looks like I need to populate some of those categories.

Have you tried Quinoa yet? You REALLY need to. It is a great alternative to bad carbs with plenty of protein and essential nutrients. I purchased a HUGE thing of it from Costco and have yet to make anything with it. I came across this recipe from Debbie Does Dinner and LOVE all the flavors. I doubled the recipe and we ate it for dinner that whole week. 

Mexican Ground Turkey Quinoa Skillet

1 lb. ground turkey
1 large onion, chopped

1 red pepper, diced (optional)
1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes (undrained)
1 (4 oz) can chopped chilies
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
1 1/2 cup water
1 1/2 tbsp. chili powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. coriander
1/2 tbsp. garlic
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 1/2 cups corn
2 green onions for garnish 

Directions-
Brown ground turkey and onions in a large skillet

As your meat is browning rinse your quinoa in water and strain it out (be careful the holes in your strainer, I lost a little bit of quinoa because it's so small.)

Stir in garlic, spices, and peppers.

Add diced tomatoes, chiles, quinoa, water and black beans. Stir and simmer, covered for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. I doubled the recipe so that's why it looks like my pan is going to overflow (I transferred to 2 pans shortly after.)

Add corn and cook for another 5 minutes or so until quinoa is done and most of the liquid is gone.

A good serving size is 2 cups with a nice side salad. Super healthy and delicious!