Happy Saturday! Today is my 5K, wish me luck!
I love quinoa salads, they are one of my favorite things to take in my lunch! I originally saw this salad here from the Tone It Up Girls and thought it sounded so good! I ended up changing it up a little bit, and I love how it turned out! I beefed up the veggies in the salad and basically doubled the salad, but kept the dressing the same amount. Love that! The dressing has such strong flavors, I don’t think it makes a difference!
Yes, I am still obsessed with my champagne mangos, so I added them in this salad! I love the combo of fruits and vegetables.
Quinoa Edamame Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
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Salad:
1 cup uncooked quinoa
1 cup frozen edamame, thawed
1/2 english cucumber, diced
2 mangos, peeled and diced
Dressing:
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp rice vinegar
1 tsp tamari soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp fresh grated ginger
First cook the quinoa. In a medium pot, combine the quinoa with 2 cups water. Add a dash of salt and fresh ground black pepper. Cook over medium heat until the water is absorbed. Turn off heat. Add in edamame. If it is still frozen, that is ok. The heat of the quinoa will thaw it.
Chop up the cucumber and mango, add to the pot.
I love my mango slicer! It probably isn’t something I would have bought myself (it was a wedding present), but it makes slicing mangos SO MUCH EASIER! I found it easier with these mangos if I peeled them with a vegetable peeler first, then sliced them, and diced the mango pieces.
Mix the dressing, and pour over salad. Stir well.
Place the leftovers in a refrigerator safe container with a tight fitting lid. This will keep several days in the fridge.
(If you don’t want to keep this a vegan dish, add some feta cheese – I think that would be so awesome!)
Nutritional information:
1 cup = 198 calories, 5 grams fat, 31 carbs, 8 grams protein
This salad makes me look forward to lunch!
This is linked to What’s Cooking Thursdays.
This looks great Jane. I love the blend of vegetables and fruit. That mango slicer would have come in handy when I lived overseas and had my own mango tree. I miss fresh mangos free for the picking!
Best of luck on your 5K!!
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Wow, a mango tree?? How cool! I love the mango slicer – makes it so much easier!
I love fruit and veggies and sweet and savory together, this looks great. GOOD LUCK on your 5K!!!
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Thank you so much!!
Good luck on your 5K! Great meal!
Thanks, Marina!
I have never seen those mango cutters…ingenious!
How did the 5k go?
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I love the mango slicer – someone from work introduced me to them, and then got it as a wedding present! It went good – I’m going to post about it tomorrow! I did my best, and that is all the counts!
There’s such thing as a mango slicer?? Too cool! I always make a juicy mangled mess when I slice up a mango–not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, though, sticky messes are sometimes fun
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Mango slicers are so fun! Yeah, mangos can be a mess to peel, but then you get to lick your fingers! Oh wait, is that just me??? hahaha
Definitely not just you! Where’s the joy in life if you can’t lick fingers/spoons/bowls/plates after a good meal?
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